Importing HTML content into an email message

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Hi all,

I'm building an app to generate some emails and i'm struggling inserting our company footer (saved in html format) into these generated emails.

C#

//have a for loop that cycles through each mail to be generated
    for (int i = 0; i < dataGridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
			{

// Create the Outlook application by using inline initialization.
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application oApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
 MailItem oMsg = (MailItem)oApp.CreateItem(OlItemType.olMailItem);

 oMsg.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML;



                 using (StreamReader reader = File.OpenText(@"C:\Users\william-k\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\Pretoria 1.htm"))
                 {
                     oMsg.HTMLBody = reader.ReadToEnd();

                 }
                 
                oMsg.Subject = dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells["Case Number"].Value.ToString() + ' ' + dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells["Catchword"].Value.ToString() + " / Renewal Reminder";
                oMsg.Body = oMsg.Body = "Dear Sirs " + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + "Our  attached for your kind attention."
                    + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + "Kind Regards" + Environment.NewLine + "me" + oMsg.HTMLBody;

But when the mail is generated it shows the actual tags of the html source instead of formatting it in the proper HTML format.
Example:

XML

Kind Regards

<HTML xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD><!-- Signature generated by Exclaimer Signature Manager on {Current Date} --></HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=1 cols=1 cellPadding=0 border=0>
  <TBODY>
  <TR>
    <TD><span style='font-family:Calibri; font-size:small; color: Black; font-weight: bold; '>William Kruger</span></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><span style='font-family:Calibri; font-size:x-small; font-weight: bold; '>System Specialist</span></TD></TR>

etc....

Any help would be much appreciated!

Posted 5-Sep-13 20:55pm

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Thomas ktg 6-Sep-13 3:12am

Use the HTMLBody to assign the strings generated instead of Body.

oMsg.HTMLBody = " your generated strings";

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 1 · 2013-09-05T21:36:00

Solution 1

Use [MSDN] MailItem.HTMLBody Property (Outlook)[^] to assign a html.

Posted 5-Sep-13 21:36pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)