Variable message in iEquipmentMonitor

Rod N · April 2008

I have finally convinced a client to allow me a subnet on their network so I can email them those slightly important maintenance thingys etc... ( IT boffins are sure the world will end if an NI 700 gets hold of their server....?! ) anyways.. the emailing part is all good - however I'm having a mental block as to how to make the "message'' part of the email more than a one line sentence? How can I format the message to have multiple lines eg

Projector XX --
Lamp hours - 8888hrs
Filter hours - 8888hrs
Projector XY
Lamp hours - 8888hrs
Filter hours - 8888hrs

Cheers
RN

Spire_Jeff · April 2008

Here is a little bit of the code I use:

DEFINE_CONSTANT
 CHAR sFILENAME_EMAIL[] = 'MSG_ATTACH.TXT'
 CHAR sALARM_COLOR[2][10] = {'blue','red'}
   
(***********************************************************)
(*               VARIABLE DEFINITIONS GO BELOW             *)
(***********************************************************)
DEFINE_VARIABLE
//VOLATILE LONG  lPos_MSG
//VOLATILE SLONG  slReturn_MSG
//VOLATILE SLONG  slFile_MSG
//VOLATILE SLONG  slResult_MSG
//VOLATILE CHAR  sString_MSG[10000]
VOLATILE CHAR		sLAST_MSG[25]
VOLATILE CHAR  sSTATUS_EMAIL[10000]
VOLATILE INTEGER nSEND_EMAILS = 1

VOLATILE INTEGER nIS_DISARMED = 1
VOLATILE INTEGER HVAC_Mode_State[2] = {1,2}


DEFINE_CALL 'EMAIL NOTIFICATION' (CHAR EMAIL_SUBJECT[25])
{
STACK_VAR INTEGER x
STACK_VAR INTEGER pntr
IF(nSEND_EMAILS and !(sLAST_MSG == EMAIL_SUBJECT))
{
	nSEND_EMAILS = 0
	sLAST_MSG = EMAIL_SUBJECT

	CANCEL_WAIT 'CLEAR LAST MSG'

	WAIT 300 'CLEAR LAST MSG' sLAST_MSG = ''
	
	sSTATUS_EMAIL = "'<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>',
								 EMAIL_SUBJECT,
								 '</TITLE><STYLE TYPE="text/css"><!--',$0D,$0A,
								 '.alarm1{ color:',sALARM_COLOR[ALARM_PARTITION_STATE(1)],'; font-size:14pt; font-style:normal; }',
								 '.alarm2{ color:',sALARM_COLOR[ALARM_PARTITION_STATE(2)],'; font-size:14pt; font-style:normal; }',
								 '.alarm3{ color:',sALARM_COLOR[ALARM_PARTITION_STATE(3)],'; font-size:14pt; font-style:normal; }',
								 'H1{color:#3366CC;font-size:16pt;font-style:normal;}',
								 'BODY{color:blue;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;}',$0D,$0A,
								 '--></STYLE></HEAD><BODY><H1>CURRENT OFFICE STATUS</H1>',
								 '<HR>The Main alarm is currently: <SPAN CLASS="alarm1">',ALARM_PARTITION_STATE_STR(1),'</SPAN><BR>',
								 '<HR>The Guest alarm is currently: <SPAN CLASS="alarm2">',ALARM_PARTITION_STATE_STR(2),'</SPAN><BR>',
								 '<HR>The Safe alarm is currently: <SPAN CLASS="alarm3">',ALARM_PARTITION_STATE_STR(3),'</SPAN><BR>',
								 '<HR>Audio System Overview: ',GET_AUDIO_STATUS_STR(),'<BR><HR>',
								 'Lighting Overview:',GET_LIGHT_STATUS_STR(),'<BR><HR>',
 								 '<P><HR>Climate Control Overview: ',GET_HVAC_STATUS_STR(),'<BR>',
								 '<BR><BR><BR>The AMX Processor.</BODY></HTML>'"

								 

			SmtpQueMessage('amx@your_domain.com',
										'jeff@your_domain.com;Other_guy@your_domain.com',
										"EMAIL_SUBJECT,' - ',TIME,'(Office) ***AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION***'",
										sSTATUS_EMAIL,
										'')
	
		WAIT 5 nSEND_EMAILS = 1
//	}
}
ELSE
{
	IF(nSEND_EMAILS)
		SmtpQueMessage('amx@your_domain.com',
									'programmer@my_domain.com',
									"EMAIL_SUBJECT,' - ',TIME,'***DUPLICATE****'",
									sSTATUS_EMAIL,
									'')
}		
	

}

I used to also attach a file with extra info, but at some point, I recall having problems with this, so I stopped sending the file. I also have some protection to prevent email spamming to the client, but it is not very robust

Jeff

Variable message in iEquipmentMonitor

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