sending an email at specified time and day via sharepoint designer

Question

I have a custom list and i would like to send an email out suing workflow every friday at a particular time. I have been sending email via worklflow but i can't find anything that can solve this request. Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Workflow events trigger when something happens to the system.

The ideal way to solve your problem would be to create a custom job definition

public class CustomJob : SPJobDefinition {
        public CustomJob()
            : base() {
        }
        public CustomJob(string jobName, SPService service, SPServer server, SPJobLockType targetType)
            : base(jobName, service, server, targetType) {
        }
        public CustomJob(string jobName, SPWebApplication webApplication)
            : base(jobName, webApplication, null, SPJobLockType.ContentDatabase) {
                this.Title = "Some Name";
        }
        public override void Execute(Guid id) {
          //send email here
        }
    }
}

But maybe you dont have server access? So you need two things.

1. A trigger list

Attach your workflow to this list. The last action should be to delete the trigger item. (see next step)

2. A scheduler

This could be windows scheduler or something else. Set it to run every friday (or as you need) It would call a script, that would create a new item in your list using web services. That should trigger your workflow, where you send your email