Hi

I want to build a scheduled task that can send a localised email to a user. For example, we have on module where a user makes a document request. This action will be logged in a table.  The batch prog picks up the job and sends the user an email with a link to the document. The job table will contain information about the users locale. It then sends the user an email in their preferred language.

I have no problem with the schedule job and I know how to use DotNetNuke.Services.Mail to send emails. However, I would like to use the languages system to create localised email templates like the core verification & password reminder ones.

I have found this method that would enable me to send the standard notifications based on MessageType.

public static string SendMail( UserInfo user, MessageType msgType, PortalSettings settings )

However, how would I add my own MessageType? The existing types are:

PasswordReminder
ProfileUpdated
UserRegistrationAdmin
UserRegistrationPrivate
UserRegistrationPublic
UserRegistrationVerified
UserUpdatedOwnPassword
ToJson

I'd like to be able to add something like   "DocumentRequestLink".   Also, how does one pass in the locale?  How does the core dnn framework send a message based on locale?

Any ideas?  It would be really useful if someone could explain. I bought Mitchel Sellers book but was a bit dismayed to discover there is absolutely nothing in it about email and notifications and how to extend this. For me and many others I'm sure, email notification is a critical issue.  I have spent forever trawling Google and found nothing about this. Some help would be really appreciated.

thanks

Gus

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Hi Sebastian

thanks for the reply, I think it now looks likely that I won't need to localize the message after all which should make life easier. However, as much as anything I'd like to know how to extend the core notification templates because it also provides a place where a msg template can be edited by admin
as opposed to buried in code in a DLL somewhere.

Can you explain how to use a derived subclass to do this?  My programming at this level is poor but I would like to learn.
I guess that a derived sub class is just a 'child' class that inherits from the super class. Something like:

public class MySendMail extends DNNCoreSendMail { 

This sub class then adds its own method(s) which provides the function of sending a different mail notification template.

How would I do this?  Can you provide any examples or point me in the right direction?

thanks
Gus

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