PDF creation and email sending in the same button is not working

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Hello.
I had already posted that some month ago : Automation with button: No PDFs attached to email

I thought it was working, but the issue is still there.
When I have in the same buttont two request :
1st = creation of the PDF
2nd = email sending with this PDF attached

the PDF is created, but it’s not attached to the email

Any idea to solve that ?

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This issue was fixed in SeaTable 3.5: SeaTable 3.5: Formulas in the first column, new automation actions and all sorts of goodies - SeaTable

Does the file name contain a comma?

3

Something I have noticed with automation rules: in order for changes to the rules to apply, you need to delete the rule completely and set it again.

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I cannot confirm. Can you reproduce this?

Second: I think Ben’s comment related to button actions (=button clicks), not automated actions (=automations).

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Indeed, it’s using a button.

I have :

  • one column “file”
  • one column “button”

a template made in the page builder

in the button actions, I want to have :

  1. creation of a PDF with the template
  2. Email sending of the PDF created at step 1

When I press the button, the PDF appears, the email is sent, but sadly, without the attachment.

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Hi Ralph, Yes you are right.

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You wrote above “email sending with this PDF attached”. That means, you have attached the file column to the email?
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I just did a test and it worked for me. I wrote about this exact problem in the past, and it was fixed, as Ralph said. However, I have Enterprise Cloud. Are you cloud or self-hosted?

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It’s a DE selfhosted.
It’s not stable, I have some light document that work, but some bigger, multipage are created and not attached in a single click on the button