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The feature

You can find a description of the feature in the UC4 Online Help on the page "UC_SENDTO and UC_SENDTO_ACT".

Short description:

• To change the context menu for the UC4 Explorer -> adapt the variable object UC_SENDTO
• To change the context menu for the Activity Window -> adapt the variable object UC_SENDTO_ACT
• The settings of the variables are effective after the next logon
• Enter the text for the menu item in the Validity Keyword
• To activate a UC4 object from the menu, enter the object name in the Value column
  These parameters can be read with the :READ script statement:
• &NAME#
• &TYPE#
• &RUN#  (only for tasks)
• &LNR#  (only for tasks)
• &PARENT_RUN#  (only for tasks)
• &PARENT_NAME#  (only for tasks)
• &PARENT_TYPE#  (only for tasks)

• To enable an external program or script, enter the path and name of the program + the parameter -f%01 in the Value column
  %01 is replaced by the name of a temporary file that contains the IDs of the selected objects / activities.

As stated above, the UC4 documentation contains a detailed description.

Notifications for already active tasks

Using below objects, you can set up a Notification for on or more active Tasks directly from the context menu of the Activity Window. If a task ends successfully, you'll get a Notification of type "Message" within half a minute, if the task fails, you'll get an alert.

The SCRI is waiting for the end of the selected tasks and activates the Notification.

This entry in the variable UC_SENDTO_ACT sets up the entry in the context menu of the Activity Window:

Here you can download the two objects (v6.00 XML):
http://downloads.uc4blog.com/MONITOR_OBJECT.xml

Do not forget to enter a recipient in the Notification!

Generate individual XML export files

Since the SendTo action is performed separately for each selected item, the following simple script is all you need to export multiple objects with one click into individual XML files:

This is the corresponding entry in UC_SENDTO:

Here you can download the script (v6.00 XML):
http://downloads.uc4blog.com/SCRI_EXPORT_XMLS.xml

Do not forget to adapt the export-path &DESTDIR# in the script!

SendTo with external program

You can also invoke external programs with the SendTo functionality. In this case, UC4 generates a file with the name SEND_TO_n.txt in the bin directory of the UserInterface , the file contains either a list of OH_IDNRs or AH_IDNRs.

At first glance, there is no benefit in this, because in the internal call of an object you get  more information than just the ID, and you can then start  a job on any agent from there anyway.

As mentioned above, the internal call is executed individually for each object. For external programs, however, there's only one execution, and the file SEND_TO_n.txt contains all OH_IDNRs / AH_IDNRs of all selected objects. This method is therefore particularly useful for mass processing from the Activity Window, the UC4 Explorer or a search window.