Designing a modal window to send email

rishub356 over 7 years ago

I want a link or a button/image on UI, by clicking over that I can send an email. But before sending an email, it should show me the To& CC in a pop up which I can edit. Then I click submit on popup & the email will be sent & I can be on same page.

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Bibhuti over 5 years ago in reply to Tim +1
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Hello Tim, I have noticed in Appian when we go to user Profile and click Edit Profile button, there is an popup coming with textbox and buttons. How can we create similar type of popup windows for our…

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0 Tim
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over 7 years ago

There are ways to mimic what you're trying to achieve but SAIL doesn't support any kind of pop up modal window. You'll probably also get suggestions around using the startprocesswrite() plugin but you should really consider if there's any benefit to that approach - much better to remain in process and either loop back to the same form after sending the email or just activity chaining to a form that holds the same components. Be mindful not to compromise your process design by chasing a UI design that doesn't fit!
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0 Tim
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over 7 years ago

There are ways to mimic what you're trying to achieve but SAIL doesn't support any kind of pop up modal window. You'll probably also get suggestions around using the startprocesswrite() plugin but you should really consider if there's any benefit to that approach - much better to remain in process and either loop back to the same form after sending the email or just activity chaining to a form that holds the same components. Be mindful not to compromise your process design by chasing a UI design that doesn't fit!
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0 Bibhuti
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over 5 years ago in reply to Tim

Hello Tim,

I have noticed in Appian when we go to user Profile and click Edit Profile button, there is an popup coming with textbox and buttons. How can we create similar type of popup windows for our use cases. Is that possible? Is there any hidden components there in Appian only for product usage?
Thank ...Bibhuti
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0 Tim
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over 5 years ago in reply to Bibhuti

Hi, currently these features are only available for the Appian product itself although we're all hoping that they'll eventually reach the solution designers too!
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0 zakarym0001 over 3 years ago in reply to Tim

Any idea if these features have been made available within the product itself yet? I noticed you comment was about 2yrs old; hoping that things may have changed a little
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0 Mike Schmitt
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over 3 years ago in reply to zakarym0001

For the most part, no, things are still the same. There are a few more features that introduce a bit of flexibility, though if you're hoping to accomplish exactly what was described in this post originally, I believe you're gonna be disappointed.

I'd suggest perhaps starting a new post, and therein outline your use case, in case anyone has any good suggestions.
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