New
Features in Total Access Emailer for Microsoft Access 2010
The world's leading email program exclusively designed for Microsoft Access is now available
for Microsoft Access 2010. Total Access Emailer 2010 introduces many enhancements
to combine the power of MS Access 2010 with email.
Since the
last release of Total Access Emailer
for Microsoft Access 2007 (version 12.0), we've added
many new features. Many of the enhancements are
also available in
Version x.6 for pre-Access 2010 versions.
Existing customers can upgrade for a nominal
fee.
Supports Microsoft Access 2010, 32 and 64 bit
Versions
Total Access Emailer 2010 includes support for
both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Microsoft
Office/Access. This includes the Total Access
Emailer add-in, and for the Professional Version,
the VBA runtime libraries and distribution
programs.
Microsoft does not allow both versions of Access
2010 to be installed on one machine. The Total
Access Emailer 2010 setup program detects the
appropriate version and installs it on your
machine.
Compress Attached Files into One Zip File and
Password Protect It
Total Access Emailer can automatically compress
all your file attachments into one zip file that
is emailed to your recipient. You can even add a
password for additional security. These features are on the Attachment tab when
editing an email blast:
The name of the zip file and password can be explicitly
provided (example above) or use values from fields in your
data source to create a unique file name and password for
each recipient:
Customize Attached File Names Based on Field
Values
Total Access Emailer now supports field references
for embedded object names. Previously, the object
names were fixed values. Now you can use the value
from another field for all or part of its name.
For instance, you can have a report attached as a
PDF file named "Invoice[InvoiceID].pdf" and have
the value in the InvoiceID field be part of the
file name.
Attachment File Extension Automatically Updated
Additionally, when specifying the output format of
an attachment, the extension for the file name is
automatically changed based on your selection. So
switching from HTML to PDF automatically updates
the file name from a *.HTML to *.PDF. If you give
your file name a non-standard extension, it is not
modified.
International Extended Character Support
Total Access Emailer supports text and HTML emails containing non-Roman,
international characters such as:
- Arabic: النص العربي
- Chinese: 中文文本
- Greek: Ελληνικό Κείμενο
- Hebrew: עברית טקסט
- Hindi: हिंदी पाठ
- Japanese: 日本語テキスト
- Korean: 한국어 텍스트
- Persian: متن فارسی
- Russian: Русский текст
- Urdu: اردو متن
Table Driven System to Continuously Send Emails
An example of a Continuous Emailer Service is
provided to support a table driven system to
continuously send emails within your Microsoft
Access application. New emails can be added to the
table manually or triggered by another action in
the application for e.g. new order, due date, etc.
When the database opens, you can open the form
automatically through an Autoexec macro or naming
the form as the startup form.
Interactive
Code Generator
The new Code Generator lets you
interactively select options and build the VBA
code to run the currently selected email blast
in your application. Simply set your options and
paste the code into your module to send and/or preview your email blast.
New Programmatic Interfaces to Improve Email
Automation through VBA
Several new VBA functions are available in the Professional Version to provide
more options and control for VBA developers. For additional details, visit
Sending Microsoft Access Email Blasts Programmatically (VBA):
Send One Email
Rather than creating an email blast from the Total
Access Emailer add-in, a new function,
TotalAccessEmailer_SendOne, lets you specify the
information for sending one email. Provide the
FROM address, TO address, subject, message, etc.,
and the email is sent using your SMTP settings.
Preview Email Blasts
In addition to sending email blasts, you can also
preview the emails by sending them to an email of
your choice along with the number of records to
process. This is similar to the interactive
Preview feature from the add-in which you can now
incorporate in your application.
Update and Test SMTP Settings
Two new procedures,
TotalAccessEmailer_SetPasswords and
TotalAccessEmailer_SMTP_IsValid, let you specify
the passwords and test the SMTP settings. The
sample database includes a form you can import
into your application to give your users this
feature as well.
Enhanced Professional Version
The Professional Version of Total Access Emailer includes a VBA programmatic
interface that lets you add email blasts to your Access applications and
distribute them royalty-free. The Access 2010 version includes two libraries:
- A library in the new ACCDE format to support the new ACCDB
databases for deployment to Access 2007 users
- An Access 2003 MDE library to support users who may still be
using Access 2003. This is digitally signed to avoid the nag screens
that exist in Access 2003.
This lets you use Access 2010 to create your email blasts and still
support users who have not upgraded to Access 2010. Of course, features in Access 2010 such as attaching reports as PDF files, would
not be available to the Access 2003 users.
Silent Installations
When
deploying the runtime version of Total Access
Emailer, the executable program to run on the
user’s machine can now be invoked without the user
seeing it. Use the silent command line parameter
"/s" when running TAERun32.EXE or TAERun64.EXE.
Comparison to Older Versions
If you are using a version before we released the Access 2007 version, there
was an X.5 version with many new features described here:
Version X.0 to X.5 Enhancements.
All of those enhancements are included in the Microsoft Access 2010 version.
Download the Trial Version
A functional demo version is available for you to try Total Access Emailer on your data.
Download a trial version
If you want to look at how it works without installing the program and review the calculations it generates,
read the user manual for more details of these and other Total Access
Emailer features. A context sensitive help file is included in the program and trial.
Pricing and Access Versions
Total Access Emailer comes in versions specific to each version of
Microsoft Access.
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