Emails and SMS messages can be sent to clinic personnel from the Diary. This allows you to send internal alerts about waiting messages.
Mobile and email details must first be added to the vets and users.
Go to: Main menu > Maintenance module > Maintenance menu > Lookup Lists > General Lists > Vets/Users > select user.
Both fields have validation to ensure data integrity.
The mobile numbers and email addresses will also be displayed on the Vet/User List window.
To send an email from the Diary
Go to: Main menu > Diary > Insert.
Enter details of the message.
Click Email.
Depending on what email application you have selected, an Email window will be displayed open so that the email can be edited or attachments added.
The example above is using the VPMMail function within VisionVPM.
To use Outlook or Outlook Express, go to the Main menu > Clients module > Clients menu > Email / SMS Options > Email Setup > select Outlook/Outlook Express.
To send an SMS message from the Diary
Go to: Main menu > Diary > Insert.
Enter details of the message.
Click SMS.
The Send SMS Txt Messages window will be displayed.
As you can see in the example above, the Letter Count is 188, therefore, over the 160 characters allowed per text. If this is the case you should edit the message to bring the letter count down to under 160 characters.
In the example below, the Letter Count is now 110 and will be sent in one txt message.
