Info Rule Dialog

The Rule dialog in info service allows you to add or modify an info rule.

This dialog is displayed when you use Action - Add and Action - Edit options in the General tab of the Info Setup dialog. See Info Rules for more details about processing the request.

General tab

Rule

• Name is the name of the rule.
• Pattern specifies the pattern used to match the text of the message. See Wildcard Patterns for more information.
• Required number of parameters lets you specify if the message should have fixed number of parameters.
• Action lets you specify the action to perform when the rule is recognized.

Reply options

• Override To lets you override the address of the recipient of the message. In this field you can also specify a group of contacts by enclosing a group name in square brackets ( [ ] ). In this field you can use Info Text Parameters and.
• Type specifies the type of the reply message.
• Priority specifies the sending priority of the reply message.
• Account specifies the account which will be used for sending the reply. If not specified the account of the incoming message will be used. In the Item dialog, use selection button ( ... ) to select or clear the account field.
• Address specifies the address of the sender of the reply message. If not specified then the recipient address from incoming message will be used.

Text tab

Text

• Reply with predefined text lets you enter the text that will be sent as a reply when action is set to Reply with predefined text.

SQL Query tab

SQL

• Query lets you enter the SQL query to execute when action is set to Run SQL query.
• Reply when query returns data lets you enter the text that will be sent as a reply when SQL query returns data.
• Reply when there is no data lets you enter the text that will be sent as a reply when SQL query returns no data.

Execute tab

Execute

• External application specifies the application to execute when action is set to Execute external application.
• Application parameters lets you specify parameters the application will receive.
• Timeout lets you specify the period of time in seconds after which the execution of the application will be considered as failed.

Text File tab

Text file

• Get reply from text file lets you specify the name of the text file which contains the reply text when action is set to Get reply from text file.
• Minimum reading delay lets you specify the minimum delay between consecutive reads from the text file.