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  • Bill Smith 52 posts 222 karma points
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 17:34
    Bill Smith
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    Auto response

    Can Contour do this? If so how?

  • Dan Diplo 1554 posts 6205 karma points MVP 6x c-trib
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 17:52
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    It's possible, but you have to write a custom workflow step (I know as I've done this). The manual at http://our.umbraco.org/FileDownload?id=1223 has the best documenation on how to create custom workflows.

  • Bill Smith 52 posts 222 karma points
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 19:54
    Bill Smith
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    That's disappointing, I would've thought that would've been a stanfard feature.

  • Dan Diplo 1554 posts 6205 karma points MVP 6x c-trib
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 21:06
    Dan Diplo
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    If you send me your email address I can send you the basic code to add this functionality...

  • Fergus Davidson 309 posts 588 karma points
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 21:32
    Fergus Davidson
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    you can send a XSLT transformed email to the email address entered in the form on submission, using one of the standard workflows, i think.

  • Bill Smith 52 posts 222 karma points
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 23:24
    Bill Smith
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    Dan I appreciate that, email: [email protected].

    Although I have no problems with creating a .net control for emails, we decided to use Contour as our client wanted the ability to create their own forms!

    I just expected Contour to be able to auto-respond as standard. I'm also surprised that there is no (that I can see) facility to set the recipient, eg, Info@ or Support@.

    Bill

  • Bill Smith 52 posts 222 karma points
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 23:27
    Bill Smith
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    Fergus, I thought Contour was meant to be a no fuss general purpose email solution, I'm not sure our client's admin assistant is that hot with XSLT :)

    Bill

  • Fergus Davidson 309 posts 588 karma points
    Apr 04, 2013 @ 23:42
    Fergus Davidson
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    Bill, 

    if the goal is to let the client add forms and assign someone to get the notification, including all form fields, then no XSLT required. there is a standard workflow 'send email' which will facilitate this.

    My comment regarding XSLT Transformed emails allows a 'richer' email to be sent to the person via a workflow.

    As far as response emails for the user are concerned, you also have the option to create a template which would allow the client to create nodes held somewhere in the site [hidden of course] which could send an email using the 'umbraco.library:SendMail' in an XSLT Macro, or a .net macro. the client could then create as many response 'pages' as required, editing the email content in the document in a text area of RTE.

    Any Contour form, when added could then be redirected on submission to that page, this would deliver an in-browser response and also trigger the mail to be sent.

    Fergus

  • Dan Diplo 1554 posts 6205 karma points MVP 6x c-trib
    Apr 05, 2013 @ 09:47
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    @Bill - I've emailed you the code. My understanding is that you wanted a workflow that sends an automatic email response to the person filling in the form, which is what my custom workflow does. Obviously Contour can send emails directly to a designated address, but my code is for auto-replying to the form filler.

  • Bill Smith 52 posts 222 karma points
    Apr 08, 2013 @ 10:16
    Bill Smith
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    Thanks everyone for your responses. I shall check all this out and get back to you all.

    Thanks Dan for your code.

    Bill

  • Oscar Tekii 1 post 21 karma points
    Nov 04, 2013 @ 01:49
    Oscar Tekii
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    Hey Dan,

     

    Can you send me the code or let me know how to set it up in the workflow? Cheers

  • Dan Diplo 1554 posts 6205 karma points MVP 6x c-trib
    Nov 04, 2013 @ 13:34
    Dan Diplo
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    Sure, you can download it from this link:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bu2t6r00k85sf2/AutoResponseEmailWorkflow.cs

    It is "as is" so you'll need to figure out how it works, but it should be fairly obvious.

     

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