Hello there. I'm looking for a way to develop an integrated Massive emailing feature on my ZK app. Do you have any ideas of how to start?
Apparently you have to use an API - like java mail api - to talk to your mail server and generate any number of mails you want. We have made something like this using IBM Lotus Domino mail server java API.
Now, regarding the ZK, the only thing i would suggest you is to use a Long Operation technique, if you like, to inform the user about the progress. Have a look here about long operations.
Hope that helps
Costas
+1, indeed, it's not zk who sends the mail. the whole logic also should be in teh server part in stead of the gui part. I should work with cron job, so the gui will not halt for the operation. (cron job is other thread so your methods and and gui don't hang)
chillworld ( 2014-12-25 11:14:00 +0800 )editGenerally any long running process should not be executed in the software tier servicing the User interface.
Create a web service that operates in its own context as a 'worker'. The ZK user interface would call the web service to pass off the duty of handling the mass emailing. Better still make the web service pass off the work to a message queue, that way it can return a result immediately to the UI layer. For this you'd need some other way of determining when the mass emailing is complete.
I'm at time on a newsletter module for ZKBoost and my website. I run the bulk e-mail in a long running process and i will see what happen :-)
Take a look at the video capture for a short demonstration.
"Long running process with immediatelly information in the UI"
Visualize a long running process!
best Stephan
Asked: 2014-12-23 13:03:33 +0800
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It would help if you could provide a step by step explanation of the process you are looking to deliver
davout ( 2014-12-24 16:41:26 +0800 )edit