Email web form

JasonNevin · Jun 30, 2005

I have a web form. It contains repeater controls and generates a data base report in html. I want to have a button that the user can click on and Email report. I can't find any code anywhere to convert that HTML document into an emailable format (and then Email it). Can anyone suggest a way?

checkai · Jun 30, 2005

I've used this successfully for emailing a datagrid...you must have HTML emailing on...

Code:

Dim tw As New System.IO.StringWriter
Dim hw As New System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter(tw)
Me.DataGrid1.RenderControl(hw)
str = tw.ToString()

then send your email with str as the text...

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RTomes · Jun 30, 2005

That's a good tip on getting html from a control. Thanks, I have been looking for something that will do that.

After getting your html table that is the datagrid, just wrap it in a "<html><body>" & tw.ToString & "</body></html>"

Use this free .net email component:

http://www.quiksoft.com/freesmtp/

It lets you send a Text body or HTML body, for this method you would want HTML.

JasonNevin · Jul 1, 2005

Thanks checkai. Any suggestions on how to embed photographs?

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