Adding URL in e-mails

Thu Oct 4 18:20:53 EDT 2001

Pallavika,

Create a container element at the task level and pass this URL to this
element by setting up the initial values. Then use this container element in
the task description. In my opinion this should work and you should not have
problems with the "&"  .

Best of luck,
Krishna.
208-3682678.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pallavika Patel [mailto:PATEL_PALLAVIKA_P_NONLILLY at LILLY.COM]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 6:40 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Adding URL in e-mails

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>
Sent by: SAP Workflow <Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>

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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