Hi,

Just wanted to know if this is possible to be done in WebGUI. Like by using Workflow.

Here are the steps,

1. A registered user logs into WebGUI

2. There is a form with a "YES", "NO" and "Remind Me later". Much like a RSVP for a meeting.

3. If the registered users selects "Remind Me Later" or do not make any selection, WebGUI would keep sending them an email every two days reminding them to make a decision.

Can this be done?

P.V.Anthony

--- (Edited on 5-September-2008 3:13 am [GMT+0800] by pvanthony) ---

This could be accomplished with a macro on the login page which checks the database to see if the user has submitted the form, a data form to collect the data, and a custom workflow to send an email reminder if the form has not been submitted.

There may need to be some additional components depending on your specific implementation requirements.

Thank you for replying.

The user may not login. So the emails is to get them to login and read the article and fill in the form. If they decide on the "remind me later", then WebGUI would send the email again every 2 days. If they do not fillin the form, the email will still go out to remind them. They have to give an answer for the emails to stop.

We can group the required users to a particular group. Then the workflow could check the group and the form to decide if an email has to be sent.

I hope I am clear in my explaination.

Would this be a big problem? Would others need such a feature?

This feature would be great for calling a meeting or a party.

Once again thank you for replying.

P.V.Anthony

--- (Edited on 7-September-2008 4:26 pm [GMT+0800] by pvanthony) ---

Well, when the user does not login, it's hard to determine who doesn't log in and should receive mail. If you make the articles only visible for regsitered users, they have to log in to read and you can show the form AND know who to send the mail.

Lets say, I want to invite 20 people.

1. I would create a group called "Meeting".

2. Place these 20 people into that group.

3. Create an article about the meeting.

4. Create a form with the needed feilds plus the yes, no and remind me later.

5. Use the "send email to group" feature, to invite them to come into the site to check out the news or invite.

6. Next create a workflow that would check the group and check the form asset every two days. If the user has not filled up the form or has clicked on "remind me later", the workflow would send an email to that user to remind the person to come to the site to check out the invite.

This way the system can work without the user logining at first. It is to make the user login to the system and read the invite.

Is this logic correct? Doable?

P.V.Anthony

--- (Edited on 8-September-2008 11:11 pm [GMT+0800] by pvanthony) ---

That sounds doable to me. You should start with the _activity.skeleton in WebGUI/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity. Good luck and let us know how it works out. Sounds like an interesting application of WebGUI.

Thanks for the link.

Have ordered the WebGUI's developer's book. Hope learn from there about workflows and such. I am not a programmer.

Will try.

P.V.Anthony

--- (Edited on 8-September-2008 11:41 pm [GMT+0800] by pvanthony) ---

We have setup an email reminder Activity for one of our sites based on time of year and user status in the UserProfile. I can send you our activity if you think it would be helpful, but it might be quite a bit more complicated than what you really need.

That would be really useful and very helpful. Exactly what I needed. A good example. A quick way of learning how to write workflows.

Please do share. It maybe useful to others as well.

Thank you for offering to share.

P.V.Anthony

--- (Edited on 9-September-2008 2:23 am [GMT+0800] by pvanthony) ---