B4J Question B4J send HTML email

[marcick]

I feel thet should be simple but I can't find the answer in the forum.

I want to send an email with HTML body, but I know nothing about HTML.
So what I'm, trying to do is :

1) write the email in Outlook.
2) Save the email with "file, Save as HTML"
3) put the file in the object folder
4) load the file as a string in B4j and use it as HTML body.

Of course it does not works .... The email is sent but the body is empty
This is my code:

Dim SMTP As SMTP
    SMTP.Initialize("smtps.xxx.it",465,"info@xxx.it","xxx","smtp")
    SMTP.MailFrom="info@xxx.it"
    SMTP.HtmlBody=True
    SMTP.Body=File.ReadString(File.DirApp,"senza nome.htm")
    Log(SMTP.Body) ' yes, I see all the HTML body in the log
    SMTP.Subject="test subject"
    SMTP.To.Add ("xxx@xxx.it")
    SMTP.UseSSL=True
    SMTP.AuthMethod=SMTP.AUTH_LOGIN
    SMTP.Send

 

[DonManfred]

SMTP.HtmlBody=True

are you sure it is a boolean property?
check if the property is a string. PUT the HTML-Code HERE if so.

From the documentation

SMTP. HtmlBody As Boolean
Gets or sets whether this message body is Html text.

Ok then... Seems not the problem...

 

[marcick]

I think it is not correct to save a whole email from outlook, but I don't know how to do else.

 

[Erel]

Start with this:

SMTP.Body = $"
<b>Hello World!</b>
"$

Does it work?

 

[marcick]

Start with this:

SMTP.Body = $"
<b>Hello World!</b>
"$

Does it work?

Yes, it works. I'm trying now to write something with Word, save it as html and load as SMTP.Body but no success again. The email is sent but the body area looks blank.

 

[Erel]

The generated html probably includes elements not supported by your mail client (or all mail clients).

 

[marcick]

I suppose. I just did (into MS Word) a copy&paste of the sign I use in Outlook (that is really simple, a test and a picture).
Then I exported as html and loaded in the SMTP.body
Perhaps I should try with another simple HTML editor, not with Word.

 

[DonManfred]

. I just did (into MS Word)

Use a HTML Editor instead on Outlook/Word.
Word uses a lot on inline css which does work fine in Internetexplorer but not on all Clients.
Additionally you need to learn HTML

 

[marcick]

I'll try, thanks