newbie. how to call external functions

irvinuriel

<p>hello everyone!, i have the next "problem"!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>for example, in actuate, when a design runs and generate a file, the user can receive a notification or email.</p><p> </p><p>then if the user want to download that file to  and send it via FTP to another place etc. (with some function),</p><p><strong><span><span>can Actute somehow call</span><span> for</span> <span>external functions</span><span>?</span> <span>sh</span> <span>scripts</span><span>, perl</span><span>, java,</span> <span>etc?</span></span> if so, how? or which manual has those steps?</strong></p><p> </p><p>thanks!</p><p>(sorry for my english)</p>