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    #1

    scheduled emails

    is it possible with a5 WAS to schedule emails to be sent with no user actions at all?

    i want to be able to send emails at regular intervals to our customers. i am trying to create this completely web based.

    thanks

    richard
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    #2
    Re: scheduled emails

    I have a scipt that will do that based on the status of each r�cord on a table using a built in Alpha five function for scheduling , but i have to say that the fuction doesnt seems very reliable , sometimes it wont statr at the designated time, i can paste the code here on monday
    Cheers
    Mauricio

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      #3
      Re: scheduled emails

      What I do is a little more involved, I also don't rely on the Alpha scheduling function. I use CRON and CURL, two public domain programs. You'd want to find those utilities on the web and study.

      My CRONTAB file might have something like this:

      * * * * 0 cron_alerts.bat

      Which in CRON language means run that batch file ever Sunday at 12:01 AM

      And the batch file something like this:

      Code:
      curl.exe -k -d "A5W_Sess_ID=1" https://www.mydomain.com/alerts_run1.a5w
      The A5W_Sess_ID is mandatory with an arbitrary value.

      And the alerts_run1.a5w page would have whatever code I want to run on schedule. It would also have this code at the top to prohibit anyone running the page in their browser>:

      Code:
      if Request.referer = ""
?"Sorry, no local access."
end
end if
      Steve Wood
      See my profile on IADN

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        #4
        Re: scheduled emails

        thanks for these. ill check it out.

        what i am trying to achieve is a complicated email system. i need to send a series of emails to each customer depending upon where the customer is in the sales process.

        with CRON and CURL would i be right in thinking;

        1. i create a a.5w page which send the email to filtered records (based upon field values)

        2. create the CRON file which will run the .a5w page at a given day/time.

        it may be that i have 20 different emails going out each day to customers at different stages of the sales process, is this still achievable with CRON?

        thanks again

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          #5
          Re: scheduled emails

          CRON/CURL just kicks off the a5w page, so whatever you are able to program, it will do.
          Steve Wood
          See my profile on IADN

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            #6
            Re: scheduled emails

            Here is my code the scheduling function is at the very end and its scheduling the next run at 10 pm (22:00) and will continue to reschedule it as long as alpha is on

            Note:In this case you have to run the script 1 time so this cycle can begin (can be added in the Auto-run file).

            Code:
            'Date Created: 14-Jan-2009 04:50:03 PM
'Last Updated: 20-Feb-2009 10:54:47 AM
'Created By  : MM005044
'Updated By  : MM005044

'abre tabla tbl_evaluacione_nuevas
tbl=table.open("tbl_evaluaciones_nuevas.dbf")


'-----------------------------------------
'va hacia el primer registro de tbl2
tbl.fetch_first()
tbl.batch_begin()
dim cuenta as N
Cuenta = 0

'Inicia repetciones
while .NOT. tbl.fetch_eof()

'-----------------------------------------
'Descision de enviar o no

if tbl.eva_comp <> "si" .and. tbl.Fecha_registro > (date()-15)' .and. Cuenta < 30

'cuenta el numero de repeticion
Cuenta = Cuenta + 1
'-----------------------------------------

'Envia Emails

message.to=tbl.Email_evaluador
message.cc="[email protected]"
message.subject ="Recordatorio de Evaluacion: "+tbl.Id_eval
Mensaje="Le recordamos que tiene pendiente realizar la siguiente evaluacion del trabajo de "+tbl.Descripcion+", sus comentarios seran considerados para mejorar nuestros servicios: "
message.html_message = <<%html%
<html>
<body>%html%+mensaje+<<%html%
<p>
</p><a href="http://mmalpha.met.penoles.mx/bd_ingenieria/evaluacion_ing.a5w?session.id_eval=%html%+tbl.id_eval+<<%html%        
">Ir a Evaluacion</a>
<p>
</p>Gerencia de Ingenieria
           </body>
</html>
           
           %html%

email_send2(message,"Default" , .F., .T.)
'--------------------------------------------

'esperar 5 segundos
'wait_until(0=1,5,5)

end if
'va a siguiente registro
tbl.fetch_next()
end while

tbl.close()
'--------------------------------------------

[COLOR="Red"]script_schedule("Tareas_Programadas_Dia","22:00",1)[/COLOR]
            Cheers
            Mauricio

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              #7
              Re: scheduled emails

              thanks mauricio, i recently finished a spanish beginners course - this is 2 lessons in one for me.

              im going to look at both options, it would be fantastic for my company if i can achieve this.

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                #8
                Re: scheduled emails

                One way I've done this in the past is via the OnTimer event on an A5 page. You create an Admin_Timer page for example, then in the OnTimer event, you run a script, say every hour or so. The script would have in it the various things you would want to do.

                To me this is easier as you can extract details from dbf's, sort them, create the email, populate it with data and then send it. I like to add a log file so that I know if it is working or not at the prescribed time.

                One thing I do is use this function to FTP files from one server to another each hour in order to keep it refreshed, but you can use this idea for most anything.

                If you need more help on this, let me know.

                Charlie

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                  #9
                  Re: scheduled emails

                  I dealt with this some time ago. Here is the thread:

                  http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...highlight=cron
                  Eric

                  Alpha Five Websites
                  longlivepuppies.com
                  socialservicenetwork.com
                  -------------------------------------------------
                  socialservicenetwork.org

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                    #10
                    Re: scheduled emails

                    Guys,

                    I am trying to utilise the cURL utility, but it states that it does not support https.

                    Code:
                    curl.exe -k -d "A5W_Sess_ID=1" https://mysite.a5w
                    Any ideas anyone?

                    Denis

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                      #11
                      Re: scheduled emails

                      The solution is to go to http://curl.haxx.se/ and download the SSL enabled file.

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                        #12
                        Re: scheduled emails

                        Its been a while since i started this but i now really want to get these emails working.

                        so far, i have installed cURL, created a batch file with this
                        start https://www.mortgagemanageronline.co.uk/test_email.a5w
                        when i click this batch file it opens a browser and opens the .a5w page which only has xbasic. the xbasic runs ok which at present is just sending me a test email.

                        am i on the right track? how do i get the batch file to run without me clicking it? and is opening a browser window the right way to do it? if so how would i close the browser once the script has run?

                        thanks again for the help.

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                          #13
                          Re: scheduled emails

                          Your method is not using Curl at all. I will draw up the steps.
                          Steve Wood
                          See my profile on IADN

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                            #14
                            Re: scheduled emails

                            OK, i think i am now using cURL. I have the email being sent without the browser launching. now i just need to get the batch file to be automatically run.

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                              #15
                              Re: scheduled emails

                              i used task scheduler and this seems to work ok. am i likely to come accross any issues using this method?

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