E mail notifications

[theprowler]

Hi,
can a user send an e-mail notification to other users after inserting a new announcement in the "News" Library?

Can a user choose to whom send an e-mail?

Do i have to use document library events?

Thanks in advance,
Massimo

 

[Beowulf005]

No. At least in the default Sharepoint out of the box software.

Are you trying to achieve something else other then notifying users that there is new news?

 

[theprowler]

No, nothing else, but i think i got a solution.

First i tried to use doc library event handling, but "News" is not a library, is a simple List and for them you cannot use events...

Then i tried to customize the list toolbar for inserting a new option for inserting a new news with the possibility to send e-mails but changing CAML for toolbars is to complex, just because you have to find the right toolbar

At the end i've created a simple web part that sends e-mail to users that have access on this site. I can call this web part using the customized shortcut menu of Lists.

I've added a voice called "Send E-mail to..." in the menu using the following code:

function Custom_AddListMenuItems(m, ctx)
{
  var strImagePath = ctx.imagesPath + "abb.gif";
  var strAction = "goToMailManager('" + ctx.HttpRoot + "')";
  //var strAction = ;
  CAMOpt(m, "Send Mail To...", strAction, strImagePath);
  CAMSep(m);
  // false means that the standard menu items should also be rendered
  return false;

}

 

[ChaserNL]

I dont think you have created this i remember seeing this example and the comment is the same! But its nice none the less

 

[theprowler]

Of course i didn't.
I've never said i created that code, but i said i've created a web part that uses that piece of code.

 

[ChaserNL]

I read it diffrently srry, but i didnt mean to offend you!

 

[theprowler]

No problem Chaser i was not offended!

;-)