AvMail-AV

SUMMARY

Informationen about the ALPHA-VISION®e-mail tool.

CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
  2. Predefined Settings
  3. Start of the e-mail tool
  4. Possible Actions
  5. Hints & Tips
  6. Vision2000.ini

Introduction

The ALPHA-VISION®e-mail tool got, talking about mail input/output, the same functionalities as any standard mail tool, but is oriented on stations instead of users.
That means, a mail is send to a certain station, independent of the logged in user und his possibly limited access rights

The ALPHA-VISION®e-mail tool works only within a ALPHA-VISION®VISU Intranet and knows automatically about all connected stations.

Predefined Settings

The e-mail tool is configured by entries in the section "AvMail" of the Vision2000.ini file. (see below)

Start of the e-mail tool

The start in the runtime is done via: Usr_ExecShellCmd.

Starting the program opens a dialog window.

Possible Actions

The user interface is WINDOWS standard.

In the left pane of the window the file structure is shown, selecting Inbox/Outbox shows the appropriate contents. The buttons ‘reply’, ‘send’, ‘forward’ and ‘delete’ are only accessible if one ore more entries are marked.

The button ‘New Message’ enables the Entry Fields “To” and “Regarding”. The button “To” opens the Address List, possible addressees can be selected and moved to the Address Field by the ‘ok’ button; the address dialog then is closed.

The regarding and a Text may be inputted und send.

Hints & Tips

How to call AvMail:
Insert a button and bind the action:
Usr_ExecShellCmd(OPEN,AvMail.exe,,,SW_SHOWNORMAL)

How to create the message on receiving a new mail:
Create a Dialog Window with the text “New Mail”.

Via the ABVbrowser - Global events... the Data-Object "NewMailNotify" is queried for value "1" for TRUE the action ‘loading dialog window’ - “New Mail” is defined.

INI-FILES

Vision2000.ini

Section [AvMail]

Entry Type Description / Example Default
Directory string
Defines the directory for the “Mail” folder with its subdirectories "inbox", "outbox".
The folder must be accessible for others.
Example 
[AvMail]
Directory=VISION
projekt string
Defines the ".do" file
Example 
[AvMail]
projekt=sa.do
UnreadMessages string
ID of the Object thats value represents the number of unread messages.
Example 
[AvMail]
UnreadMessages=AVMURM
NewMailNotify string
ID of the Object that adverts a new message.
Example 
[AvMail]
NewMailNotify=AVMNMN
UseStationDescription boolean
1: The address book lists the station description.
0: The address book lists the station Id.
0