E-mail Settings

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The E-mail Settings screen is used to manage the e-mail configuration settings used by processes that send letters by e-mail within the Vendor application.

E-mail Settings screen

Screen Access

Screen Access

  • Display the WIC Management Console screen in Vendor Setup (E-Mail) mode > Double-click on a record in the WIC Management Console data grid.

Interface Initialization

Upon initial display of the screen, the following occurs:

  • The title bar text is set to "E-mail Settings".

  • The SMTP Server text box is enabled and is populated with the previously saved value.

  • The From E-mail Address text box is enabled and is populated with the previously saved value.

  • The OK button is visible and enabled as the default.

  • The Cancel button is visible and enabled as the default.

Screen Elements

Unless otherwise stated below, all controls on the E-mail Settings screen are visible and enabled when:

If one or more special conditions exist that affect a control on the E-mail Settings screen, the condition(s) are documented for that specific control below.

SMTP Server text box

  Enter the SMTP server address in the SMTP Server text box.

An IP address or a the name of a server can be entered in this text box. The text box allows the entry of alphabetic, numeric, and special characters. The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the text box is five hundred (500) characters.

The SMTP server uses port 25 by default.

The SMPT server value is saved to the COMMREQUEST table.

From E-mail Address text box

  Enter the e-mail address in the From E-mail Address text box.

The text box allows the entry of alphabetic, numeric, and special characters. Only one at sign (@) is allowed. Any character can be entered before the at sign (@). After the at sign (@), the domain name is limited to alphabetic, numeric, and special characters. Special characters are limited to the following: hyphen (-) and period (.). The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the text box is one-hundred (100) characters. An e-mail address is considered valid when it includes at least once character before the at sign (@), and at least one character after the at sign (@) followed by a period and two (2) to four (4) alphabetic characters.

OK button

  Click the OK button to process the screen.

It is the default button for the screen, unless otherwise noted.

It does not have a mnemonic. Its keyboard shortcut is the Enter key.

The WIC Management Console screen displays when the button is clicked.

A record must already exist to perform the requested function. If a record does not already exist, when the menu option is selected the system displays the E0006 standard error message.

The data is saved to the COMMREQUEST table where the PROCESSNAME = "EMAIL" and SYSTEMNAME = "VENDOR".

Cancel button

Click the Cancel button to close the screen without processing or saving data.

It does not have a mnemonic. Its keyboard shortcut is the Esc (escape) key.

The WIC Management Console screen displays when the button is clicked.

Processing

If data can be validated and saved on the screen, the following processes occur when the screen is processed:

If no data can be validated and saved on the screen:

Data Map

The Data Map defines the values saved for all controls on the screen. If available, any additional notes or comments are displayed in the Notes column.

Control Label

Control Type

Table. Column

Notes

~+SMTP Server

text box

CommRequest.ServerName

Reads and writes to a single record in the table where CommRequest.SystemName = "EMAIL".

~+From E-mail Address

text box

CommRequest.FromEmailAddress

Reads and writes to a single record in the table where CommRequest.SystemName = "Vendor" and CommRequest.ProcessName = "EMAIL".

~ Denotes a required control (if applicable). The process that checks for required controls does not occur on screens displayed in read-only or Details mode.

+ Denotes data written to the database when screen processing occurs (if applicable). The process that writes data to the database does not occur on screens displayed in read-only or Details mode.

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