Lee, Howz about varchar??
Failing that, if you named your output file as .Bat and called whatever program that launch "launches" then you could zip to the newly created .Bat Ben Petersen On 16 Nov 2001, at 14:46, Lee Bailey wrote: > Hello all- > > I am trying to use the launch command to develop emails, and for the most part, it >works OK. > > The current problem resides in the fact the variable "vemail" is a "text" variable >and not a "note" variable. If the body of the email (EED) exceeds the maximum for a >text field, the email body is limited by the size of a text field, even though the >body is actually in the "note" variable size category (<5000 characters). The result is that the "To:", "Subject", "CC", "BCC", are fine, but the body of the email is not all there when Microsoft Outlook comes up. > > Code as follows: > > SET QUOTES = | > SET VAR EET TEXT = |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > SET VAR EES TEXT = |MY SUBJECT LINE| > SET VAR EEC TEXT = |MY CARBON COPY TO| > SET VAR EEB TEXT = |GIVE THIS GUY A BCC| > SET VAR EED NOTE = |MY LONG NOTE FIELD is about 4000 CHARACTERS >long......................................................................| > > SET VAR VEMAIL text = >(|mailto:|+.EET+|?subject=|+.EES+|&cc=|+.EEC+|&bcc=|+.EEB+|&body=|+.EED) > > LAUNCH .VEMAIL > > I tried making "Vemail" a note variable, instead of text (this would solve the >problem), but then R-Base errors "RBG.exe error" and terminates the command file. > > Anybody got any ideas? > > Lee Bailey > > Bailey & Associates > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 954-659-1780 > Fax: 954-659-1781 > >
