Using iwsend_mail in WIN 2000

SandyMandy

I am trying to use the iwsend_mail perl script provided in iw-perl from windows 2000.

The problem I am facing is that if I use " in the command tag in my wft file the command gets truncated. For this I have also tried to put \".
If I use ' instead of " the command doesnt executes at all in the workflow.
I have tried it in command prompt of 2000 to execute with ' it doesnt works but if we use " the command executes well.


the sample command is:
<command v=iwperl d:/sendmail/iwsend_mail.ipl -t "sandeep.madan3@ge.com" -f "amit.khurana3@ge.com" -m "A TeamSite Task has been assigned to you by AKTestWF." -s "Hi Sandeep its Amit : Please Approve the Task"'/>


I have also tried giving variable values in the task but the command line doents displays any of the command variables in team site job prop. window.




####################################################################################
code segment for iwsend_mail command.
####################################################################################



<externaltask lock = "f" name = "Task1" owner = "__TAG__('iw_user');" retry = "f" start = "t">
<areavpath v = "\default\main\Technology\Product_Catalog\WORKAREA\Focus_Area_WA"/>
<successors>
<successorset description = "Go to EndTask">
<succ v = "End"/>
</successorset>
</successors>
<command v="/iw-home/bin/iwsend_mail.ipl"/>
<variables>
<variable key="mail_to" value="sandeep.madan3@ge.com"/>
<variable key="mail_cc" value="sandeep.madan3@ge.com"/>
<variable key="mail_from" value="sandeep.madan3@ge.com"/>
<variable key="mail_message" value="This Space Available for Advertising"/>
<variable key="mail_subject" value="Sample Subject Line"/>
</variables>



</externaltask>

Adam Stoller

If you are on Windows - you need to provide the perl interpreter as part of the command.

Try making the following (highlighted) changes to your WFT code:...
<template_script><![CDATA[
use TeamSite::Config;
my $iwhome = TeamSite::Config::iwgethome();
my $iwperl = "$iwhome/iw-perl/bin/iwperl";
my $mailcmd = "$iwperl $iwhome/bin/iwsend_mail.ipl";
# ...
]]></template_script>

<externaltask lock = "f" name = "Task1" owner = "__TAG__('iw_user');" retry = "f" start = "t">
<areavpath v = "\default\main\Technology\Product_Catalog\WORKAREA\Focus_Area_WA"/>
<successors>
<successorset description = "Go to EndTask">
<succ v = "End"/>
</successorset>
</successors>
<command v="__INSERT__($mailcmd);"/>
<variables>
<variable key="mail_to" value="sandeep.madan3@ge.com"/>
<variable key="mail_cc" value="sandeep.madan3@ge.com"/>
<variable key="mail_from" value="sandeep.madan3@ge.com"/>
<variable key="mail_message" value="This Space Available for Advertising"/>
<variable key="mail_subject" value="Sample Subject Line"/>
</variables>
</externaltask>

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com