Configuring email settings

[Keira Zikmanis]

I am trying to configure a form to auto-send to two specified email addresses in the form, but when I attempt to test this it doesn’t appear to be working. Is it possible to test email settings before publishing a form? 

I’ve attached two screenshots of what I’ve so far entered in the email settings. Is there anything else I have to do to ensure this works? Thanks so much for your help. 

[Alessandro Vernet]

Hi Keira,

You can send the email to multiple recipients by adding them and clicking the "+" icon shown in your second screenshot. Or did I misunderstand your question?

I see you're using `{instance('fr-form-instance')/Employee-name}` in your template, which won't work. Instead, you should define a template parameter in the next tab, name that parameter `employee-name`, map it to the control of the same name, and use `{$employee-name}` in the body of your message.

To test sending email, I recommend adding the `email` button to the buttons shown on the detail page (even if only temporarily) by changing the `oxf.fr.detail.buttons.*.*` property, and then using that Email button.

-Alex

On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM Keira Zikmanis <keiraz...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am trying to configure a form to auto-send to two specified email addresses in the form, but when I attempt to test this it doesn’t appear to be working. Is it possible to test email settings before publishing a form? 

I’ve attached two screenshots of what I’ve so far entered in the email settings. Is there anything else I have to do to ensure this works? Thanks so much for your help. 

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[Charles Ormiston]

Hi Keira,

Certain types of tests can only be run on published forms that have been deployed to (BC Government's) CMS Lite. The test function in Form Builder, for example, doesn't display the "Submit" (email) button which you'd need to click to run the email process. Building and testing forms is covered in our manual. I'll send you links by email and we can arrange some orientation / review time.

Questions about the BC Government's implementation of Orbeon ("CMS Forms") should be directed to me through normal email. I'm your primary support.

Charles Ormiston

[Alessandro Vernet]

Hi Keira, Charles,

Not that this helps in the short term, as this hasn't been implemented yet, but I agree that it would be convenient to test sending emails directly from Form Builder. We created the following enhancement request to track this.

https://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/issues/6970

-Alex

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