Email Related Files to Creator

Utilization of the System.Net.Mail.MailMessage class within Aras Innovator can be utilized to create custom Emails to send to specific users by using a Server-Side method.

The method code provided in this sample is used to send an Email to a Document create containing all related files as attachments to the email. This method is then called from a Server Side action against the Document Item.

History

This project and the following release notes have been migrated from the old Aras Projects page.

Release	Notes
v1	PDF Document for creating the method and action

Supported Aras Versions

Project	Aras
v1	9.3.0

Installation

Important!

Always back up your code tree and database before applying an import package or code tree patch!

Pre-requisites

1. Aras Innovator installed
2. Aras Package Import tool
3. ProductLineBasedWorkflow import package

Install Steps

Use the following steps to create a server-side (C#) method that will be called from an Item action against the Document ItemType. Ensure that all user’s have a valid Email Address.

1. Log into Aras Innovator as an Administrator.
2. From the TOC select Administration > Methods and create a new Server-Side, C# method.
   • Name=Email_files_to_creator
   • Copy the method code from the appendix.
3. Save, Unlock and close Email_files_to_creator.
4. From the TOC select Administration > ItemTypes and open Document for edit.
   • Select the Actions tab and Create a new action
     • Name = Email Doc to Creator
     • Type = Item
     • Location = Server
     • Method = Email_files_to_creator
     • Target = None
5. Save, Unlock and Close Document.

Once the action has been created you will be able to select a single document to run the action. Execution of the action will send an HTML email to creator containing all related files as attachments.

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request

Credits

Created by Aras Corporation Support.

License

Published to Github under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations.