|
Chilkat • HOME • .NET Core C# • Android™ • AutoIt • C • C# • C++ • Chilkat2-Python • CkPython • Classic ASP • DataFlex • Delphi ActiveX • Delphi DLL • Go • Java • Lianja • Mono C# • Node.js • Objective-C • PHP ActiveX • PHP Extension • Perl • PowerBuilder • PowerShell • PureBasic • Ruby • SQL Server • Swift 2 • Swift 3,4,5... • Tcl • Unicode C • Unicode C++ • VB.NET • VBScript • Visual Basic 6.0 • Visual FoxPro • Xojo Plugin
(DataFlex) Using Replace Patterns in EmailSee more Email Object ExamplesDemonstrates how to use the replace patterns (mail-merge) feature in Chilkat MailMan.
Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg Procedure Test Boolean iSuccess Variant vEmailTemplate Handle hoEmailTemplate Handle hoMailman String sMime Integer iCount Integer i String sName Handle hoJson String sEmailAddr String sFirstName String sProduct String sTemp1 String sTemp2 // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // Create an email template for sending. Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmail)) To hoEmailTemplate If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoEmailTemplate))) Begin Send CreateComObject of hoEmailTemplate End // We're going to replace "FIRST_NAME" with an actual name. // We arbitrarily chose "FIRST_NAME". We can choose anything, such as "CUSTOMER_NAME" or "THE_RECIPIENT_NAME"... Set ComSubject Of hoEmailTemplate To "Hello FIRST_NAME," Set ComFrom Of hoEmailTemplate To "john@example.com" Get ComAddTo Of hoEmailTemplate "FIRST_NAME" "RECIPIENT_EMAIL" To iSuccess Send ComSetHtmlBody To hoEmailTemplate "<html><body><h2>Hello FIRST_NAME,</h2><p>Your order for PRODUCT_NAME has been shipped.</p></body></html>" // If the email is saved to a file, we can see what it contains: Get ComSaveEml Of hoEmailTemplate "qa_output/emailTemplate.eml" To iSuccess // For example: // MIME-Version: 1.0 // Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:10:52 -0500 // Message-ID: <715CF231A9F07B0B9FDB073518CD94138D791866@XYZ> // Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii // Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit // X-Priority: 3 (Normal) // Subject: Hello FIRST_NAME, // From: john@example.com // CKX-Bounce-Address: john@example.com // To: FIRST_NAME <RECIPIENT_EMAIL> // // <html><body><h2>Hello FIRST_NAME,</h2><p>Your order for PRODUCT_NAME has been shipped.</p></body></html> // Note: Ignore the CKX-Bounce-Address header. It is automatically removed by Chilkat prior to sending. // All "CKX-" headers are automatically removed prior to sending. // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // Demonstrate replace patterns by setting and then rendering to MIME. Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatMailMan)) To hoMailman If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoMailman))) Begin Send CreateComObject of hoMailman End Get ComSetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate "FIRST_NAME" "Elon" To iSuccess Get ComSetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate "RECIPIENT_EMAIL" "elon.musk@example.com" To iSuccess Get ComSetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate "PRODUCT_NAME" "Twitter Corporation" To iSuccess // Render to MIME to see what we get. // Note: When the MailMan sends an email, it renders the email to MIME and then sends. // The rendering process is to do replacements, or possibly sign, encrypt, etc. // When MailMan.SendEmail is called, internally the email is rendered, and the rendered email is sent. // The equivalent to MailMan.Send email is to call email.RenderToMime followed by MailMan.SendMime. Get pvComObject of hoEmailTemplate to vEmailTemplate Get ComRenderToMime Of hoMailman vEmailTemplate To sMime Showln sMime // This is the rendered MIME: // MIME-Version: 1.0 // Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:25:49 -0500 // Message-ID: <750582BCDC891C67B48CEE2293C08B902C3891E9@XYZ> // Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii // Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit // X-Priority: 3 (Normal) // Subject: Hello Elon, // From: john@example.com // To: Elon <elon.musk@example.com> // // <html><body><h2>Hello Elon,</h2><p>Your order for Twitter Corporation has been shipped.</p></body></html> // Note: When rendering, the Date and Message-ID headers are automatically regenerated. // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // An application can see what replacement patterns it previously set by calling SetReplacePattern multiple times. Get ComNumReplacePatterns Of hoEmailTemplate To iCount Showln "Number of replace patterns: " iCount Move 0 To i While (i < iCount) // Note: The GetReplaceString method was found to not be working correctly. It was returning the same value as GetReplacePattern. // It is fixed in Chilkat v9.5.0.91 Get ComGetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate i To sTemp1 Get ComGetReplaceString Of hoEmailTemplate i To sTemp2 Showln sTemp1 ": " sTemp2 Move (i + 1) To i Loop // Or lookup a replacement pattern by name: Move "FIRST_NAME" To sName Get ComGetReplaceString2 Of hoEmailTemplate sName To sTemp1 Showln sName " = " sTemp1 // Sample output: // Number of replace patterns: 3 // FIRST_NAME: Elon // RECIPIENT_EMAIL: elon.musk@example.com // PRODUCT_NAME: Twitter Corporation // FIRST_NAME = Elon // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // Finally... demonstrate sending emails using the replacement patterns. // // Set our mail server settings.. Set ComSmtpHost Of hoMailman To "smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com" Set ComSmtpSsl Of hoMailman To True Set ComSmtpPort Of hoMailman To 465 Set ComSmtpUsername Of hoMailman To "john@example.com" Set ComSmtpPassword Of hoMailman To "the_password" // Imagine we have data in JSON format, and we wish to send the templated email to each recipient... // // { // "mail_merge" : [ // { // "to": "mary@example.com", // "name": "Mary", // "product": "Widget 1" // }, // { // "to": "robert@example.com", // "name": "Robert", // "product": "Widget 2" // } // ... // ] // } Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin Send CreateComObject of hoJson End Get ComLoadFile Of hoJson "qa_data/json/mail_merge.json" To iSuccess If (iSuccess = False) Begin Get ComLastErrorText Of hoJson To sTemp1 Showln sTemp1 Procedure_Return End Move 0 To i Get ComSizeOfArray Of hoJson "mail_merge" To iCount While (i < iCount) Set ComI Of hoJson To i Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "mail_merge[i].to" To sEmailAddr Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "mail_merge[i].name" To sFirstName Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "mail_merge[i].product" To sProduct Get ComSetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate "FIRST_NAME" sFirstName To iSuccess Get ComSetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate "RECIPIENT_EMAIL" sEmailAddr To iSuccess Get ComSetReplacePattern Of hoEmailTemplate "PRODUCT_NAME" sProduct To iSuccess Get pvComObject of hoEmailTemplate to vEmailTemplate Get ComSendEmail Of hoMailman vEmailTemplate To iSuccess If (iSuccess = False) Begin Get ComLastErrorText Of hoMailman To sTemp1 Showln sTemp1 Procedure_Return End Showln "Send email to " sEmailAddr Move (i + 1) To i Loop Showln "Success." End_Procedure |
||||
© 2000-2024 Chilkat Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.