Email Report - Sent To Problem

[CharlesParker]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

The thread that selwyn posted teh video is here
http://www.alphasoftware.com/alphafo...rentrowdatanew

This was the missing link for me. First of all I did not have any currentrowdatanew because I didnt add the ajax callback first of all then I didnt set the session var when selecting the row. a double whammy. I learned alot today, and finally got it working. I hope it helps you!

[GGandhi]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

Yes, I have done what was in Post 6 and still got an error. Sorry my skills in debug are limited, but it would not recognise e._currentRowDataNew

if this is read only grid then you need to check that box, on editable grid the information will be available.
the field for your email_address will be
e._currentRowDataNew.your_email_address
if still having problem post back and I will show you in a screencast.
if you post back please include whether it is read only grid or editable grid ( I understand it is a child grid in a row expander)

[CharlesParker]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

Ok, in my grid I set a session variable on row select using this row event javascript and subsequent xbasic function:
Row Event
var rowNum = {grid.object}._selectedRow;
{grid.Object}.ajaxCallback('G',rowNum,'setmailto','','_getData=true',{});

Function
function setmailto as c (e as p)
session.mailto = e._currentRowDataNew.email
end function

What I realized is if I select a row with a value the value is set and everything is peachy fine but if I then select another row and the value is a null/empty value the session variable is not set to null but instead retains it's previous value set by the last row select that had a value.

Shouldn't it be set to NULL if the value in the "email" field is empty?
In response I set the client-side event AfterDetailViewClose to run an xbasic function to set teh session var to null using this:

var rowNum = {grid.object}._selectedRow;
{grid.Object}.ajaxCallback('G',rowNum,'killmailto','','_getData=true',{});

and killmailto function is:

function killmailto as c (e as p)
session.mailto = ""
end function

The idea is I do not want to carry over this value into the next row and send an email to the previous customer. I am starting to think a session var is overkill and maybe I should just set the value. The session variable is important to me because I am calling it in the mandrill email function.


One last thing bugging me is that, when my mandrill function runs (via a button click) the pResult doesn't fire on success or failure even if the email event is successful. This only occurs when I include the session var in the mailto code. Not sure how that would affect the result or when the code is stopping because quite frankly the code is running successfully as I get the email with the attachment...
...Perplexed on that one!

[RickyRelouw]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

Hello GGandhi,

Thank you for your reply, I have been able to get my emails working, I just needed a little nudge. The video that Charles supplied was the missing element.

Thanks again to all that responded. It’s great to have people willing to help, as it enables you to get that extra level of functionality out development.

Cheers

[CharlesParker]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

Ricky be sure to take heed to Selwyn warning about setting the variable and keeping track of it. Good luck!

[GGandhi]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

Hello GGandhi,

Thank you for your reply, I have been able to get my emails working, I just needed a little nudge. The video that Charles supplied was the missing element.

Thanks again to all that responded. It’s great to have people willing to help, as it enables you to get that extra level of functionality out development.

Cheers

good you got it working, but why session variable etc., to send email. it is just a simple xbasic routine. if you are happy with what you have, that is all it counts. good luck.

[CharlesParker]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

gandhi,
in the following xbasic function I want to set the value of ms.send_to to whatever the current value is in the detail view of the grid, even if I change it and or edit it in the detail view. In other words whatever the value is in the "email" field I want to set that as the value of ms.send_to in this email function.

function ReportForEmail as c (e as p)
dim key as c
key = e.fileSessionKey
dim b as b
'get the binary day for the report
session.GetDataFromFile(b,key)
dim size as n
size = b.size()
if size = 0 then
customMandrill = "alert('Report was not sent.');"
exit function
end if
'If you don't have a Mandrill secret key, sign up at Mandrill.com
dim mysecretkey as c = "" 'if you leave this blank the key value is read from a setting in Project Properties
dim ms as p
ms.send_to = mailto
if mailto = "" then
customMandrill = "alert('Email Address is blank!');"
exit function
end if
ms.from_email = "[email protected]"
ms.subject = "Wildlife Control Invoice/Estimate"
ms.message_html = "Please find the attched invoice and or estimate"

dim ms.attachmentsArray[1] as p
ms.attachmentsArray[1].name = "Wildlife Control.pdf" 'if the report was an html report, use the .html extension
ms.attachmentsArray[1].type = resolve_mime_type("pdf") 'if the report was an html report, use the 'html'
ms.attachmentsArray[1].content = base64encode(b)
dim pResult as p
pResult = email_send_mandrill(mysecretkey,ms)
if pResult.error = .f. then
customMandrill = "alert('Report sent.');"
else
__name = "alert('Report was not sent.');"
end if
end function


Currently I am using a session variable that is set by the ajax callback calling a function.

Is there a better mor eefficient way.
For both ricky and I we did not have the ajax callback setup to get the currentdata so our currentRowDataNew values in the debugger were null, and we didnt know why. Hope I am not beating this to death, btw but I love learning Alpha and you have been such a big help in the past!

[CharlesParker]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

Oh by the way,
I just dimmed a var in a func for my ajax callback as such

function setmailto as c (e as p)
dim mailto as c
var mailto = e._currentRowDataNew.email
if var mailto = "" then
mailto = "No Send to email present"
end if
end function

[GGandhi]

Re: Email Report - Sent To Problem

take a look at these screencasts:
http://screencast.com/t/eyKBzoXt4Y

http://screencast.com/t/kfCZTl30J

firstly I am not sending this via mandrill, but the videos are to show you the data being harvested from the grid. secondly I am building a report and attaching that report as pdf without building an array. if that is a requirement in mandrill, then that is the way to go. I do have a mandrill account, later this week I will test sending mail via mandrill to see how that goes. i am sure i will ask your help in mandrill way of email.
in the meantime good luck.

update: I just sent an email via mandrill ( no email_send_mandrill() function involved, it is not available in version 11 as far as I can tell, may be it is) and it works just fine as I expected. and I will send an attachment as I do normally and let you know. cannot be that difficult.