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  • i want to ask if there is a possibility to use signals whether is receiving or sending signal with a pin ?
  • which means how i can represent an Email sending through a sending signal ?
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Action Pins are used to send objects. Thus you can create an object flow to the "email object" while the control flow can connect to a send event which will control further action flows.

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In this example Action1 writes the email to a buffer. Action3 actively waits for an email via its InputPin (and only if the control flow has reached it).

Action1 continues to send an asynchronous signal via EMail Notification. This signal is received byAction4` and will start a concurrent flow.

qwerty_so
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  • i feel like it's redundant, but for the sending email shouldn't it be SendEmail rather than Email ? – Mohamed Hmini Mar 27 '18 at 10:18
  • That name would probably fit better (I was lazy typing the example...). It's sort of redundant (in this example). Without the signal `Action3` would start right with the receipt of the email. With the signal it only starts when this is triggered. This is just an example, you know... – qwerty_so Mar 27 '18 at 11:04
  • @MohamedHmini, since you have the answer that worked for you, would you mind upvoting it (by clicking an arrow up) and marking the correct answer (by clicking a tick under the voting part)? That will indicate others a useful answer. – Ister Nov 20 '19 at 09:00
  • @Ister Thanks for making a reminder. Now looking at this old post it seems that it has flaws. `EMail` has two outgoing Control Flows but only one will get a token. I have to revisit send events. Probably a fork is needed here. Also I'm now asking myself about an object flow and a control flow. What happens with the token the action currently holds? I need to dig into that once again.... – qwerty_so Nov 20 '19 at 11:37
  • @Ister It looks like instead of having a connector from EMail to Action3 there should be a receive event on the Action3 side instead. Anyway it seems pointless as the mail will be pulled from the pin anyway. I'll make an update... – qwerty_so Nov 20 '19 at 11:48