Make email send optional for user

[Justin Howard]

Hi All,

I have an app that has many emails when the form is submit or when the request is approved etc.

How can I make the email sending optional.

Example once say the form is submit before the success or the next page is loaded , a pop up is given to the user (Do you wish to send this so and so emails ok and cancel)
If ok is clicked send the email else cancel the email generation and move on to the next page.

Is this possible?

Thanks

[Siva Masilamani]

Lets say if the user clicks the OK button it will return true and then you might forward the request to next page.

So read the return value from the pop up window and if the return value is true then add new paratmer to the request lets say sendMail then in the next page check for this parameter value if it has some value then send email if it is null then do not send email.

[Justin Howard]

Thanks for the reply.

Where can I put the js code for the pop up?

If my current workflow is request form -> controller servlet -> Servlet to process the logic (sets request with information required to send the email) -> success page.

And is this a good idea if I have to implement ? is there any library , any alternative i can use?

Thanks

[Siva Masilamani]

i believe request form is a jsp page lets say A.jsp

then in A.jsp

function confirmation() {
var answer = confirm("Ok to submit the form?")
if (answer){
set the request parameter here.
<%request.setAttribute("sendMail","Yes"); %>
submit the form.
}
}

then in the servlet

String isMailsend=request.getAttribute("sendMail");

if isMailsend ==null then do not send mail

[Bear Bibeault]

Siva Masilamani wrote:
function confirmation() {
var answer = confirm("Ok to submit the form?")
if (answer){
set the request parameter here.
<%request.setAttribute("sendMail","Yes"); %>
submit the form.
}
}

That won't even come close to working. The attribute will be set on the server long before any JavaScript is executed in the browser.

[Siva Masilamani]

how about using hidden field then and reading the value of the hidden field.

[Justin Howard]

Set the hidden feild upon submit based on the users input...That might work.

[Justin Howard]

Yeah that works.

On submit I set a hidden true or false based on the users input.

Thanks a lot !