Adding an attachment to a notification VBScript

Question

Hi, I am trying to create a script that attaches an M-Files generated document to an email notification. Normal email scripts don't seem to work with our servers, so I was wondering if it is possible to download a document from M-Files and attach it to a notifications via a workflow state script with VBScript? I have attached the the piece of code that I would like to use to send the email notification (and attachment) below. 
 Thanks 
 Option Explicit

' User or user group recipients from the vault
Dim oUsers : Set oUsers = CreateObject("MFilesAPI.UserOrUserGroupIDs")

Dim oUser : Set oUser = CreateObject("MFilesAPI.UserOrUserGroupID")
oUser.UserOrGroupID = 1	' User ID 32
oUser.UserOrGroupType = MFUserOrUserGroupType.MFUserOrUserGroupTypeUserAccount

oUsers.Add -1, oUser

' External recipients
Dim oExternalUsers : Set oExternalUsers = CreateObject("MFilesAPI.Strings")
oExternalUsers.Add -1, "khoendib@documentwarehouse.com.na"

Vault.NotificationOperations.SendCustomNotification oUsers, False, oExternalUsers, True, "Test email", "Test email body"

Ne0Tr0n · Answer

Hi Kay_G, 
 As far as I know API VaultNotificationOperations, there is no method for attachments. If the CDO script is used needs to be sent via SMTP relay that allows the M-Files server to send without authentication or to review the CDO script settings and configure it with a username and password. 
 Тhe other option is what Radu has offered.

Sean Holmes · Answer

Hi Kay_G 
 The following script may help you along with your journey. It uses a CDO Message object as NeoTron mentioned. I agree with both Radu and Neo that this may be best served as a custom Vault Application, however, it really depends on your scenario and timeframe for needing a solution. Hope this helps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 option Explicit 
 ' Setup variables for e-mailing the documents as attachments - only omessage used currently Dim szFileName, oFiles, szExtension, szTitle, szNewFilePath, oMessage, oVaps, oLookups, oLookup ' Setup the e-mail object, some of these are not used due to security being turned off on smtp server. Set oMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message") oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../sendusing") = 2 oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../smtpserver") = "mfdemosrv01" oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../smtpserverport") = 25 oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../smtpconnectiontimeout") = 10 oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../smtpauthenticate") = 0 oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../smtpusessl") = False 'oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../sendusername") = "username" 'oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item(" ">schemas.microsoft.com/.../sendpassword") = "password" oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update ' Start building and inserting the message fields 
 ' Set the message subject line oMessage.Subject = "Monthly Report" ' Set the message from line oMessage.From = "workflowmailer@somedomain.com" 
 'Since we want to use the email address property on the workflow item, Grab the Email Address property from alias M-Files.Property.EmailAddress using GetPropertyID and GetPropertyValue helper functions Dim iPDEmailAddress : iPDEmailAddress = GetPropertyID("M-Files.Property.EmailAddress") Dim txtEmailAddress : txtEmailAddress = GetPropertyValue(PropertyValues, iPDEmailAddress) 
 ' Set the email address from the property to the To: field on the email oMessage.To = txtEmailAddress oMessage.TextBody = "Please find the attached test file. Thank you." 
 ' Download the file from the object and save it to the server Dim objFiles : Set objFiles = Vault.ObjectFileOperations.GetFiles(objVer) Dim ofile For Each ofile In objFiles Dim sFilePath : sFilePath = "C:	est\" & ofile.GetNameForFileSystem() 'Err.Raise mfscriptcancel, sFilePath Call Vault.ObjectFileOperations.DownloadFile (ofile.ID, ofile.Version, sFilePath) ' Attach downloaded document to email message oMessage.AddAttachment sFilePath Next ' Send the Message oMessage.Send 
 Dim filesys : Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Delete the temp file from the M-Files serverFor Each ofile In objFiles For Each ofile In objFiles Dim sFilePaths : sFilePaths = "C:	est\" & ofile.GetNameForFileSystem() filesys.DeleteFile sFilePaths Next 
 ' M-files Helper Functions ' Gets the property definition ID by alias Function GetPropertyID(alias) Dim iID iID = Vault.PropertyDefOperations.GetPropertyDefIDByAlias(alias) If iID = -1 Then Err.Raise MFScriptCancel, "Property definition not found by the specified alias of: " & alias End If GetPropertyID = iID End Function ' Gets a property definition value Function GetPropertyValue(propVals, propID) GetPropertyValue = propVals.SearchForProperty(propID).TypedValue.DisplayValue End Function 
 ' Gets object version and properties for a given lookup Function GetOvapsByLookup( lookup ) Dim oObjID : Set oObjID = CreateObject( "MFilesAPI.ObjID" ) Call oObjID.SetIDs( lookup.ObjectType, lookup.Item ) Dim oObjVer: Set oObjVer = Vault.ObjectOperations.GetLatestObjVer( oObjID, False ) Set GetOvapsByLookup = Vault.ObjectOperations.GetObjectVersionAndProperties(oObjVer) End Function

Adding an attachment to a notification VBScript

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