create string from uid file????

I'm trying to get a list of users from a uid file. I created "approver.uid" and need to get at that list. What function does this?

The closest thing I found is on the concurrent_approver.wft that calls: get_names_from_file()
This builds a select box with the data in the uid. I just need the list to loop over and send an email.

please excuse my ignorance, I don't know perl or unix (oh boy!)
Thanks!

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Migrateduser

If you're not using perl, how are you managing to write the code that sends your email? Where in your process is this email being sent out? Is this a workflow thing? I believe one or more of the out-of-the-box perl email scripts (built to be called from a workflow externaltask) will utilize a config file that you can set up to map your users into email addresses. Hard to tell if this will work for you without knowing what you're really trying to do.

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Adam Stoller

It's a bit beyond the context of a forum posting to try and teach you everything-you-need-to-know-about Perl and/or Unix.

If you are completely unfamilliar with coding - I recommend starting with O'Reilly's "Learning Perl".

If you are familiar with coding but not Perl - I recommend starting with O'Reilly's "Programming Perl"

You might also consider going to a Perl training course (Interwoven Education offers one geared towards using Perl within the context of TeamSite - but there are other companies that offer Perl training of a more generic nature if you look for them)

In general - I recommend Perl because once you learn it it becomes trivial to try out little things and test them and eventually put together scripts to do what you want (and then keep on learning new things all the time, it's a lot of fun IMO) -- this is regardless of whether we are talking *inside* OR *outside* the context of TeamSite.

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)