Send customize notifications in Project Server 2007-

[Gaby]

Hello:

I`m writing this mail because I want to know how can I create new
notifications in Project Server 2007. I just found how customize
notifications in Project Server 2007 in SDK but I didn`t found how create new
emails about specified events.
The scenario is the next one: I need create an enterprise custom field for
indicate a project state and send an alert or email which notify to users
when project state changes.

I know that Project Server 2007 has a buit in enterprise custom field
called STATE for Proposal and Activities. Can I use this field for change the
project state and send an email?. I don`t know if that works or not. Could
you explain me?
Could you give any ideas for archive that? I don`t know how start to do it?
Is Window Share Point Designer the tool for archived that?

Awaiting for your comments.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Chris Boyd]

Hello,

I would not use the state field, as that is used for proposals workflow.
Even if you are not using the feature now, you might in the future. I would
just define your own custom field and lookup table.

SharePoint Designer is not the right tool, you are going to have to write
some code in Visual Studio must likely.

There are probably two ways to solve this. The first, it to write an event
handler (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms469450.aspx) for the
published/save event which checks the custom field and sends an e-mail or
write a little application against the PSI or RDB that checks that state of
the custom field and sends an e-mail is the state has changed.


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Chris Boyd
MS Project
Program Manager

Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability/