Question

I love the gmail labs feature which warns me when I mention an attachment in an email but forget to attach one. It has saved me embarrassment many times! I would love if FogBugz would do this.

Until this wonderful idea is put in place, is there a way to hack it with BugMonkey or a plugin?

Case FC1378277

Answer 1

We have a case open to consider this feature for a future release. Please up-vote this question (not this answer) to show your support for adding this feature.

Until this is implemented as a proper feature or plugin, you can use the following BugMonkey customization:

name:        Warn about emails with missing attachments
description: Warns if your email says "attach" but you haven't attached anything
author:      Daniel LeCheminant
version:     1.0.0.0

js: 
   var sWarning = 
      "Your message mentions attachments, " +
      "but you haven't attached anything!\n\n" +
      "Do you still want to send the message?";

   if(!window.clickBugSubmit) return;
   window.clickBugSubmit = (function(fnOrig) {
      return function(e, elForm, fXMLSubmit, sValue, bOK) {
         if(bOK) {
            var fHasAttach = $("#files_list div").length;
            var sEmailText = $("#bugviewContainerEdit .emailHeader").siblings()
                             .find("textarea").val();
            var fSaysAttach = /\battach/i.test(sEmailText);
            if(fSaysAttach && !fHasAttach && !confirm(sWarning)) {
               return cancel(e);
            } 
         }
         return fnOrig.apply(this, arguments);
      };
   })(window.clickBugSubmit);

If you have BugMonkey 2.0 and an administrator has enabled importing from fogbugz.stackexchange.com, you should be able to send the above customization directly to your fobugz. There will be a button to do so at the top left of the code box above.

Answer 2

The plugin solution might be tricky.

Submitting a case triggers the IPluginBugcommit method, which handles the commit. The IPluginBugCommit method, however, cannot trigger a rollback: when a case is submitted, a plugin cannot stop the creation of the case. Therefore, with the current API it is not possible to trigger a rollback (and show a message to the user) when the attachment is missing.

With the current API, a BugMonkey solution, triggering when the submit button is pressed, would probably be the easiest solution to build. I would, however, prefer a plugin for this feature.