Sending Mails through PeopleSoft -> Bye SendMail()

Hi!

Since Tools 8.52 SendMail() has been deprecated. It was replaced by a more powerful application class PT_MCF_MAIL:MCFOutboundEmail 

As I have not seen it used frequently I decided to write this post, both for having it always in mind and for letting anyone know about it.

Here you have a practical way of using it.

1) We import the Application Class

import PT_MCF_MAIL:MCFOutboundEmail ;

2) We instantiate an object of this class

 Local PT_MCF_MAIL:MCFOutboundEmail &eMail = create PT_MCF_MAIL:MCFOutboundEmail();

3) We fill all the mail sections in the following way.

   &eMail.From = "mailFrom@server.com" ;

   &eMail.Recipients = "target1@server.com ;target2@server.com ;target3@server.com" ;

   &eMail.Subject = "This is the subject of the mail";

   &eMail.Text = "This is the content of the mail";

   

4) In case we need to attach any file, we have the AddAttachment method 

And an easy way of using it coudl be:

   &eMail.AddAttachment( &AttachmentPath+  &AttachmentNameWithExtension , %FilePath_Absolute | %FilePath_Relative, &AttachmentNameWithExtension, "Attachment Description" , "", "");

   

5) As Send method  has a return value, we have 2 possibly ways of sending the mail.

• If &eMail.Send() = %ObEmail_Delivered then
• Local integer &i_ret = &eMail.Send();

If method returns a "1" value, everything works as expected. Otherwise, we should check it!

Numeric Value	Constant Value	Description
0	%ObEmail_ FailedBeforeSending	Email failed before being sent.
1	%ObEmail_Delivered	Email was delivered.
2	%ObEmail_NotDelivered	Email delivery not attempted.
3	%ObEmail_PartiallyDelivered	Email has only been partially delivered. Only some of the addresses in the list of addresses were delivered to.
-1	%ObEmail_ SentButResultUnknown	Email was sent but whether it was successful or not is not known.

For further details, we can just check PeopleBooks at the following link:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E41633_01/pt853pbh1/eng/pt/tpcr/task_MCFOutboundEmailClass-f451c6.html

I hope this blog could be so useful to you as it is to me.

Regards.
Facundo Salerno.