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Re: XML - Email voting system

Re: XML - Email voting system
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:41:07 -0500
John,

If you don't want a response page, I think you will have to employ Ajax. 
How you do that with email would be a good question.  But I know that MS 
created Ajax originally for emails.  I have used it in web apps and you can 
read about it at dBase http://www.dbase.com/ajax_and_dbase.html see my post 
in this news group on 2/12/2007 "An Ajax Update"  for more info.

Heck I still have problems inserting line breaks in an email created from 
within dBase!!!

Claus



<john.marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:nWGgI1d1HHA.1460@news-server...
>
> I am trying to build an "approval" system that rides on emails. 
More 
> specifically, I want to send an e-mail that has two "links" on
it, perhaps 
> even behind HTML buttons that would launch a dBase web app and pass as 
> parameters the response, userID and questionID.  I do not want to have a 
> web page open up unless completely necessary (or to confirm the vote). 
> The server program would simply register the response.
>
> The piece that I need help with is the email creation and 
> insertion/creation of the voting links.  These would certainly follow the 
> question, and even could be extended to solve expense report approvals, 
> etc ...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> JM 

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XML - Email voting system
Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:47:58 -040
I am trying to build an "approval" system that rides on emails.  More
specifically, I want to send an e-mail that has two "links" on it,
perhaps even behind HTML buttons that would launch a dBase web app and pass as
parameters the response, userID and questionID.  I do not want to have a web
page open up unless completely necessary (or to confirm the vote).  The server
program would simply register the response.

The piece that I need help with is the email creation and insertion/creation of
the voting links.  These would certainly follow the question, and even could be
extended to solve expense report approvals, etc ... 

Thanks in advance.

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Re: XML - Email voting system
Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:51:24 -040
Funny you should mention that - please see my post under "How To" -
what have you employed to advance to lower lines using a Subject string?

JM


Claus Mygind Wrote:

> John,
> 
> If you don't want a response page, I think you will have to employ Ajax. 
> How you do that with email would be a good question.  But I know that MS 
> created Ajax originally for emails.  I have used it in web apps and you can

> read about it at dBase http://www.dbase.com/ajax_and_dbase.html see my post

> in this news group on 2/12/2007 "An Ajax Update"  for more info.
> 
> Heck I still have problems inserting line breaks in an email created from 
> within dBase!!!
> 
> Claus
> 
> 
> 
> <john.marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message 
> news:nWGgI1d1HHA.1460@news-server...
> >
> > I am trying to build an "approval" system that rides on
emails.  More 
> > specifically, I want to send an e-mail that has two "links"
on it, perhaps 
> > even behind HTML buttons that would launch a dBase web app and pass as

> > parameters the response, userID and questionID.  I do not want to have
a 
> > web page open up unless completely necessary (or to confirm the vote).

> > The server program would simply register the response.
> >
> > The piece that I need help with is the email creation and 
> > insertion/creation of the voting links.  These would certainly follow
the 
> > question, and even could be extended to solve expense report
approvals, 
> > etc ...
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > JM 
> 
> 
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Re: XML - Email voting system
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:52:02 -0500
John,

I had read that posting.

 Acutally I generate my email messages from the web page (.html) with 
javaScript code

 window.location="mailto:"+cSendTo+"?subject="+cSubject+&quo
t;&body="+cBody;

but have not been able to get it to accept line feeds or carriage returns

Claus


"John Marshall" <john.marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:5I6$G6e1HHA.1932@news-server...
>
> Funny you should mention that - please see my post under "How To"
- what 
> have you employed to advance to lower lines using a Subject string?
>
> JM
>
>
> Claus Mygind Wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> If you don't want a response page, I think you will have to employ
Ajax.
>> How you do that with email would be a good question.  But I know that
MS
>> created Ajax originally for emails.  I have used it in web apps and you

>> can
>> read about it at dBase http://www.dbase.com/ajax_and_dbase.html see my

>> post
>> in this news group on 2/12/2007 "An Ajax Update"  for more
info.
>>
>> Heck I still have problems inserting line breaks in an email created
from
>> within dBase!!!
>>
>> Claus
>>
>>
>>
>> <john.marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:nWGgI1d1HHA.1460@news-server...
>> >
>> > I am trying to build an "approval" system that rides on
emails.  More
>> > specifically, I want to send an e-mail that has two
"links" on it, 
>> > perhaps
>> > even behind HTML buttons that would launch a dBase web app and
pass as
>> > parameters the response, userID and questionID.  I do not want to
have 
>> > a
>> > web page open up unless completely necessary (or to confirm the
vote).
>> > The server program would simply register the response.
>> >
>> > The piece that I need help with is the email creation and
>> > insertion/creation of the voting links.  These would certainly
follow 
>> > the
>> > question, and even could be extended to solve expense report
approvals,
>> > etc ...
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > JM
>>
>>
> 

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Re: XML - Email voting system
Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:01:23 -040
Here's a potential call ...
 http://your.server/folder/postVote.exe?Q=1234&Res='YES'&User='555'

Can one suppress a response page?

JM


Claus Mygind Wrote:

> John,
> 
> If you don't want a response page, I think you will have to employ Ajax. 
> How you do that with email would be a good question.  But I know that MS 
> created Ajax originally for emails.  I have used it in web apps and you can

> read about it at dBase http://www.dbase.com/ajax_and_dbase.html see my post

> in this news group on 2/12/2007 "An Ajax Update"  for more info.
> 
> Heck I still have problems inserting line breaks in an email created from 
> within dBase!!!
> 
> Claus
> 
> 
> 
> <john.marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message 
> news:nWGgI1d1HHA.1460@news-server...
> >
> > I am trying to build an "approval" system that rides on
emails.  More 
> > specifically, I want to send an e-mail that has two "links"
on it, perhaps 
> > even behind HTML buttons that would launch a dBase web app and pass as

> > parameters the response, userID and questionID.  I do not want to have
a 
> > web page open up unless completely necessary (or to confirm the vote).

> > The server program would simply register the response.
> >
> > The piece that I need help with is the email creation and 
> > insertion/creation of the voting links.  These would certainly follow
the 
> > question, and even could be extended to solve expense report
approvals, 
> > etc ...
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > JM 
> 
> 
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