sendtaskdescription now creating workitems????

[Cristy Calhoun]

***Please ignore this problem---the problem was me...
 
When I changed a dialog workflow step to this
background sendtaskdescription task I forgot to check
the background box.
 
Sorry for wasting your time.
 
Cristy
 
--- "Rickayzen, Alan" <alan.rickayzen at sap.com> wrote:
> Hi Cristy,
> Sendtaskdescription always created a work item
> (background), and this work
> item sent the mail. This behaviour has not changed.
> However in 4.6c there is a new step type called send
> mail. Although this
> step type does nothing more than generate the
> correct sendtaskdescription it
> does have the advantage that the step shows up in
> the workflow builder/log
> with the mail icon rather than an action icon which
> is helpful.
>
> Is your work item terminating properly or does it
> remain "in process" or is
> it created as a dialog item? There might be a
> problem with the mail
> interface.
>
> Alan Rickayzen
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cristy Calhoun
> [mailto:cristy_calhoun at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 15 October 2001 14:58
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: sendtaskdescription now creating
> workitems????
>
>
> Has sendtaskdescription changed????  I have always
> used it to create a text message.  Now, in 4.6C, I'm
> using it and it generates workitems.
>
> I need something that just sends text.  I'm sending
> a
> notification to a distribution list and I don't want
> the first person that received the notification to
> delete it for everyone else (which is, of course
> what
> happens when the workitem is executed.)  I didn't
> find
> any new documentation out on OSS for this.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Cristy Calhoun
>
>
>
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