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Hi there,

I've created a link on an asp.net page that opens an email client. I would then like the page, or elements of the page to be appended to the body of the email. Debugging the code below the PageResult variable renders the html correctly. I wonder if it is possible to somehow use the PageResult variable in the mailto code also posted below, specifically in the body part of the statement.

Cheers

A

C#

        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {

            // *** Write the HTML into this string builder

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb);



            HtmlTextWriter hWriter = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);

            base.Render(hWriter);



            // *** store to a string

            string PageResult = sb.ToString();



            // *** Write it back to the server

            writer.Write(PageResult);

}

ASP.NET

<td>
                <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1"  A href="mailto: &Subject=Services Quote&body='<%#PageResult %>'" runat="server">Email Quote</asp:HyperLink>

            </td>

Doesn't seem to work.

Posted 30-Jan-12 13:22pm

Andrew Chambers

Updated 31-Jan-12 13:13pm

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2012-01-30T14:31:00

Solution 1

The most likely thing to do, is to email the content you are rendering, if you can access that content outside the page. However, if you override the Render method of a page, you can capture the HTML of the page, and use that for your email.

Posted 30-Jan-12 14:31pm

Christian Graus

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Andrew Chambers 31-Jan-12 17:18pm

Hi Christian and Others,

I've made some progress on this but still need a further prodding. I have a link on my page 'email quote'. When I press this button I would like the webpage to be placed into the body of the users email client to be sent to a customer. I've updated the question above with the code I have found which I believe acheives some of this.

Thanks

Christian Graus 31-Jan-12 19:37pm

Looks to me like your remaining issue is two fold. First of all, possible issues between when the event is called and when the property tries to read the value, and second, you're trying to reference a local variable. Create a variable that is visible to the page, as a property, and if that does not work, I think you need to store it in the session as it loads, and refresh the page to set the values and send the mail.

Andrew Chambers 7-Feb-12 21:14pm

"Create a variable that is visible to the page, as a property."
Hi Christian I thought I had done this already with PageResult being a class variable (not shown in the code.).

With the code I have above. And <%#PageResult %> in the mailto statement, Outlook does not even open when the link is pressed.Whereas without it, it opens.Thanks

Christian Graus 7-Feb-12 21:22pm

string PageResult = sb.ToString(); This creates a new one, even if there's one as a member.

Andrew Chambers 7-Feb-12 21:29pm

so are you saying just have
PageResult = sb.ToString();
If I have a class variable like so
String PageResult;
If so I have done this already and there is no change in the outcome.

Cheers

Christian Graus 7-Feb-12 21:33pm

I still think that the variable is read by the page too early in the page lifecycle, so therefore, you need to do a postback to generate this value, you need an extra page lifecycle to set it up. Unless you create a literal control on the form, and build the HTML with the contents of that string builder, and set it at the right moment. Using a property, you have no control on when it is read, and it's probably read before it has anything in it.

Andrew Chambers 7-Feb-12 21:34pm

ok. will look into this. thanks.

Christian Graus 7-Feb-12 21:35pm

That's the HTML for the email link, I am not sure if you could put a literal in the middle to just set the text. Good luck.