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90abyss
90abyss

Reputation: 7347

C#: HTML email template font color not working

I'm basically trying to create an HTML email message from my C# code. Everything works as expected but when I use font color, then I receive a blank field in my inbox.

My code snippet:

string type = "<strong><style=\"color: red; \">" + detail.ToString() + "</style>
</strong>";

The type shows correctly when I simply do, type = detail.ToString(). But doesn't work when I add a style. The code simply shows blank word.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 988

Answers (2)

Max
Max

Reputation: 13378

Edit:

As @Marc B said in his answer. You will need to define it directly by using the style property on the html element or by creating a new class and setting the class property on the html element.

I think you did forgot to set IsBodyHtml.

Set:

MailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true; This allows you to use Html in your e-mails.

Reference:

MSDN MailMessage.IsBodyHtml

Upvotes: 0

Marc B
Marc B

Reputation: 360762

<style> tags are used to define CSS rules. You can't put "content" in them, so this will not work, at all:

<style>
   color: red
   <div> Hi mom! </div> <--this line is illegal CSS and will kill the rest of the CSS block </div>
</style>

You use style ATTRIBUTES:

<strong><span style="color: red">Hi mom!</span></strong>

or define rules:

<style>
   .red { color: red; }
</style>

<strong><span class="red">Hi mom!</span></strong>

Upvotes: 5

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