Re: How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas?

2006-08-09 Thread john mcdonald
Here is what happened. Lotus Notes is what we use for an email client. We're creating a lotus notes form that they'll fill out from their email. then we'll poke their answeres directly into my oracle database (just as if they had filled out my CF form) solves my problem. And I don't have to

How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas?

2006-08-08 Thread john mcdonald
Hi Everyone, My Boss came into my cube and asked me to add a feature to a web application I am working on. Some of the management people that have to interact with tihs program are uncomfortable interacting with a website via browser. But, they are comfortable issuing commands via email. So I

RE: How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas?

2006-08-08 Thread loathe
Use an html email with a form in it. Have the form submit to your application (which will open a browser). -Original Message- From: john mcdonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:29 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas

Re: How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas?

2006-08-08 Thread Jerry Johnson
They are already using a browser - their email client. Can you just put an html form into the email, and have it submit to a web page? On 8/8/06, john mcdonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, My Boss came into my cube and asked me to add a feature to a web application I am working

Re: How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas?

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 15:28, john mcdonald wrote: the system until today. My boss now wants them to be able to enter free form text response to questions. my program should pick up their comments and store them in the database - (basically parse their email response and weed out their