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user995727
user995727

Reputation: 89

how to email a dynamically created htmltable - vb.net

I have created an htmlTable and I want to email it: 

Dim MyRow As New HtmlTableRow  
Dim cellCost, cellDisplayName, cellMoreInfo As New HtmlTableCell  
Dim tableAttributes As New HtmlTable  
tableAttributes.ID = "test"  

cellCost.InnerText = "$45.00"  
cellDisplayName.InnerText = "I am display Name"  
cellMoreInfo.InnerText = "I am more information"  

MyRow.Cells.Add(cellCost)  
MyRow.Cells.Add(cellDisplayName)  
MyRow.Cells.Add(cellMoreInfo)  

tableAttributes.Rows.Add(MyRow)  

PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(tableAttributes)

When trying to email the tableAttributes global variable ... well that's where I run into troubles:
Message.Body = tableAttributes.anything <- fails.
How can I create a dynamically generated table and then email it?

**UPDATE - solution was provided
Ha ha! it worked, you're awesome. This is what I created from your advice: 

Dim SB As New StringBuilder()  
Dim SW As New StringWriter(SB)  
Dim htmlTW As New HtmlTextWriter(SW)  
Dim x As New HtmlTable  
x = Session("table")  
x.RenderControl(htmlTW)  

Dim sTable As String = SB.ToString()  

Response.Write("*" & sTable & "*")

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2478

Answers (2)

Jim Wooley
Jim Wooley

Reputation: 10418

When generating emails like this, I typically leap to use XML Literals. I wrote up a post discussing this at http://www.thinqlinq.com/default/Creating-HTML-emails-using-VB-9-and-LINQ.aspx.

Upvotes: 0

Stefan Tr&#246;ndle
Stefan Tr&#246;ndle

Reputation: 76

Use the Rendercontrol assignment to the table to export the table to a stringwriter which results in a string that can be included in your mail.

Upvotes: 1

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