Adding URL in e-mails

Thu Oct 4 08:39:53 EDT 2001

Sanjiv,

   Everything works fine even with /* as far as I do not have "&"
character in my URL. Unfortunately I have three "&" characters in my URL.

http://40.1.132.253/RightSite/getcontent?DMW_OBJECTID=0900f23180008942&DMW_D
OCBASE=p2pdevus&sap_docnum=DCTM3700F23180000100

That is why I was interested in escape characters. This mail talked about
it and mentioned using <(>&<)>&DMW_D
OCBASE=p2pdevus<(>&<)>

But some how this is not working for me.

Regards,
Pallavika Patel
433-3157

sanjiv bajpai <sanjiv_bajpai at yahoo.com>
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10/03/2001 06:32 PM
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Pallvika,
Try = instead of /*, it works fine I have used it.It
concatenates the element or text.

Sanjiv
--- Pallavika Patel
<PATEL_PALLAVIKA_P_NONLILLY at LILLY.COM> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
>    I have a requirement of adding a external URL
> into my workflow task
> description.
> I have used SAPSCRIPT editor to include URL. Also,
> this URL I am using is
> added as a comment with /* in SAPSCRIPT editor.
>
> I have & in my URL. When I tried to include the
> escape character <(>&<)> as mentioned below in this
> mail URL treats those characters literally.
> Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to do
> something special? Please
> advise me.
>
> Your reply will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Pallavika Patel
> 433-3157
>
>
>
>
> Richard Schot <richard.schot at avelon-it.com>
> Sent by: SAP Workflow <Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> 08/15/2001 11:24 AM
> Please respond to SAP Workflow Users' Group
>
>
>         To:     SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: Adding URL in e-mails
>
>
>
> Hi Jocelyn, thanks for your reply.
> The problem described below occurs in a 4.0B
> environment. How must I
> proceed
> here? I tried the suggestion of Alan but did not
> succeed in creating a url
> as attachment in background. Any suggestions ?
>
> Regards,
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SAP Workflow
> [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Dart, Jocelyn
> Sent: woensdag 15 augustus 2001 3:41
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Adding URL in e-mails
>
>
> Hi Richard,
> In 4.6C, SELFITEM.SENDTASKDESCRIPTION has an
> optional parameter
> LINEWIDTH which will let you increase the length up
> to 132 characters
> (75 characters is just the default width).
> Not perfect,but most URLs will fit within that
> space.
> You'll need to make sure you include the LINEWIDTH
> parameter in your
> bindings.
>
> If SAPSCRIPT is killing you - e.g. by adding
> unwanted new line characters
> -
> using the CHANGE EDITOR option while changing the
> long description will
> take
> you to the old editor.  It's clunkier but does have
> the advantage of
> giving
> you
> a little more control over the formatting.
> Regards,
>         Jocelyn Dart
> Consultant (EBP, BBP, Ecommerce, Internet
> Transaction Server, Workflow)
> SAP Australia
> Email jocelyn.dart at sap.com
> <mailto:jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
> Tel: +61 412 390 267
> Fax: +61 2 9935 4880
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rickayzen, Alan
> Sent: Friday, 10 August 2001 4:02 AM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Adding URL in e-mails
>
>
> Hi Richard,
> There are limitations in sapscript which make long
> embedded URLs
> impossible.
> Have you tried adding the URL as an attachment? This
> will work in all
> inboxes (Windows, Web, Outlook Lotus...) .
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alan Rickayzen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: michel Tallon
> [mailto:michel.tallon at ifrance.com]
> Sent: Donnerstag, August 09, 2001 1:16 PM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Adding URL in e-mails
>
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> For the fisrt problem, try
> <(>&<)>_report=ZZTEST<(>&<)> instead of
> &_report=ZZTEST& , by enclosing the & with <(> you
> it will be displayed
> correctly.
>
> The second point (cutting URL) is more tricky.
> Method SendTaskDescription use some function module
> (SWU_GET_TASK_TEXTLINES)
> with restriction to the lenght (75 characters, at
> least in 4.6C). And even
> if you change the value directly in the code, you
> have to take care of all
> the other treatment in this method you may restrict
> the lenght.
> The easier way is to restrict to URL lenght to 75
> char.
> The more complex it's to try to modify the
> SendTaskDescription Method.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Regards.
>
> Michel Tallon.
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : SAP Workflow
> [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU]De la part de
> Richard Schot
> Envoyi : jeudi 9 ao{t 2001 11:50
> @ : SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Objet : Adding URL in e-mails
>
>
> Hi all,
> I have a problem when sending a SMTP mail to sap
> users with a hyperlink to
> a
> web report. It is possible to store in the hyperlink
> the reportname,
> variant
> and parameters/select-option values.
>
> However....
> I have a task that sends the email (selfitem
> sendtaskdescription) and I
> pass
> a
> container value with the URL in question. In the
> email a part of the URL
> is
> disappeared....
> If you specify the url f.i. like
>
http://sdfsdfsd/scripts/wgate.dll/webrfc/!?_function=www_get_report&_report=
> ZZTEST&_variant=ITS&_parc_ebeln=4500000123
>
> the part between &...& is disappeared. I think this
> is caused by the
> interpretation of SAP that values between '&' must
> be replaced by the
> value
> of
> the attribute of the buisness object. This is not
> present and therfore
> skipped.
>
> The result of the URL:
>
http://sdfsdfsd/scripts/wgate.dll/webrfc/!?_function=www_get_report_variant=
> ITS&_parc_ebeln=4500000123
>
> Another question I have is about the cut of the URL.
> In outlook the URL is
> cut
> in half so therefore can not be used.
>
> Has anyone a solution for this ? Any help is
> appreciated!
>
>
>
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