Send email at future date and time

[Former Member]

Is it possible and how to send email with future send date and time using object class CL_BCS. I was able to email using OO but it send immediately.

Now, I need to send email with PDF attachment to a customer at future date and time and there is FM SO_OBJECT_SEND where you can set the send attribute in table RECEIVERS field RCDAT and RCTIM but I don't know all about the parameter in this FM to attach PDF format file. Does anyone have a sample? Thanks

[Former Member]

Run this program in background and specify your futute date and time.

I used the following FM before to create pdf and attachment to send an email. Try using this FMs

• to create pdf from spool

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'

• send mail with attachment

CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'

[Former Member]

You can send the email in the future using the OO methods as well. Just not well documented but if you dig into the class itself, you'll find that CL_BCS has a public attribute called SEND_REQUEST which is of type CL_SEND_REQUEST_BCS. This class has a method to set the send time.

Example below, I'll set it 6 minutes from now.

data: lv_timestamp type timestamp.

GET TIME STAMP FIELD lv_timestamp.

lv_timestamp = CL_ABAP_TSTMP=>ADD( tstmp = lv_timestamp  secs = 360 ).

lr_cl_bcs->SEND_REQUEST->set_send_at( lv_timestamp ).

lr_cl_bcs->send( space ).

[Former Member]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks. It works perfectly. You save my day, I've been looking for this for quite some time. Thanks.

Hi PV,

Thanks for the quick answer I use that function

'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1' but it is easier to use OO.

aki

[Former Member]

Is it possible to do this in non-OO using the FMs you have mentioned?

[Former Member]

You can use FM 'SO_OBJECT_SEND' and set the attributes receivers-rcdat for sending future date and receivers-rctim for future time.

CALL FUNCTION 'SO_OBJECT_SEND'

EXPORTING

• FOLDER_ID = ' '

• FORWARDER = ' '

• OBJECT_FL_CHANGE = ' '

object_hd_change = object_hd

• OBJECT_ID = ' '

object_type = 'RAW'

outbox_flag = 'X'

owner = sy-uname

• STORE_FLAG = ' '

• DELETE_FLAG = ' '

sender = sy-uname

• CHECK_SEND_AUTHORITY = ' '

• CHECK_ALREADY_SENT = ' '

• GIVE_OBJECT_BACK =

• ORIGINATOR = ' '

• ORIGINATOR_TYPE = 'J'

• LINK_FOLDER_ID = ' '

• SEND_REQUEST_OID = ' '

IMPORTING

object_id_new = oid

sent_to_all = to_all

• ALL_BINDING_DONE =

office_object_key = okey

• ORIGINATOR_ID =

• E_SEND_REQUEST_OID =

TABLES

objcont = objcont

• OBJHEAD =

• OBJPARA =

• OBJPARB =

receivers = receivers

• PACKING_LIST =

• ATT_CONT =

• ATT_HEAD =

• NOTE_TEXT =

• LINK_LIST =

• APPLICATION_OBJECT =

EXCEPTIONS

active_user_not_exist = 1

communication_failure = 2

component_not_available = 3

folder_not_exist = 4

folder_no_authorization = 5

forwarder_not_exist = 6

note_not_exist = 7

object_not_exist = 8

object_not_sent = 9

object_no_authorization = 10

object_type_not_exist = 11

operation_no_authorization = 12

owner_not_exist = 13

parameter_error = 14

substitute_not_active = 15

substitute_not_defined = 16

system_failure = 17

too_much_receivers = 18

user_not_exist = 19

originator_not_exist = 20

x_error = 21

OTHERS = 22

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno

WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.

ENDIF.