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Novice Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 38

I needed an email notification from CMUD today and couldn't find an easy way.
This is what I came up with using PowerShell 4.0 and VBScript. Hope someone else can use it.

1. Download Powershell V4 if you don't already have it.

2. Create the file c:\temp\email-notification.ps1 with the contents of

[object] $objCred = $null
[string] $strUser = 'UserNameForEmailAccount'
$strPass = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "PasswordForEmailAccount" -AsPlainText -Force
$objCred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList ($strUser, $strPass)

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer "smtp-relay.google.com" -From "cmud@client.net" -To "phonenumber@vtext.com" -Subject "Notification Message" -Body "Body Message" -Credential $objCred

3. Create Button, Trigger, whatever and change the Language from ZScript to VBScript

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run("powershell.exe c:\temp\email-notification.ps1")

Beginner Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 29

thx for this one :)

Wanderer Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 65

I created an alias. How do I correctly submit parameters to powershell?

if it was zscript ...

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

For your alias use the following zScript:
$obj=%comcreate("WScript.shell")
#CALL {$obj.Run(%concat("powershell.exe filepath ", %-1))}

Wanderer Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 65

I have one problem with email-notification

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I don't know why you have the line #THREAD sounds there. If you want to create a separate thread you have to put the script portion in the command such as:
#THREAD sounds {do stuff}

What you probably would want to do is combine a few lines like this:
#IF (@sound=="yes) {#THREAD sounds {#2 {#PLAY alert.wav;#WAIT 17000}}}

Now to your actual problem. What do all the #SAY and #WIN lines display for %-1? If you always use the same message then you might program it directly into the alias. If you don't use the email alias separately then you might be better off putting those 2 lines into the raportuj alias.

Wanderer Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 65

The error occurs only when the string contains a comma or |

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Try this:
#CALL {$obj.Run(%concat("powershell.exe c:\temp\email-notification.ps1 """, %-1, """"))}

Wanderer Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 65

Nope. ;)

but I was looking for a few days in the documentation and wrote something like this: