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Convert HTML Web Page to Email and Send
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Converts an HTML page at a URL into an email with embedded images and sends it.Chilkat Visual FoxPro Downloads
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loMailman
LOCAL loMht
LOCAL loEmail
LOCAL lcEmlStr
lnSuccess = 0
* This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
loMailman = CreateObject('Chilkat.MailMan')
* The MHT component can be used to convert an HTML page
* from a URL, file, or in-memory HTML into an email
* with embedded images and style sheets.
loMht = CreateObject('Chilkat.Mht')
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
* There are two ways of embedding images in emails: with CIDs
* and without. When using CIDs, the IMG SRC attributes use
* urls that begin with "cid:" and the corresponding image
* embedded within the email includes a Content-ID header field.
* When not using CIDs, the IMG SRC attribute can have a URL,
* path, etc. and the corresponding image embedded within
* the email has a matching Content-Location header field.
* When testing with GMail, if CIDs are used the email will
* be displayed with images blocked (by default) unless
* the user allows them to be displayed. Without CIDs,
* the images are automatically displayed.
* When testing with Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Outlook Express,
* embedded images display correctly with our without CIDs.
* When testing with Yahoo! Mail, embedded images display OK.
* However, the Yahoo! Mail user has the option of blocking
* images. If this is turned on, the CID images will still
* display correctly even though images are blocked. Why?
* It's because when viewing the email there is no external
* HTTP request to fetch an image. Therefore, a spammer
* cannot get an indication that you've read the email.
* However, if CIDs are not used, the images are blocked by
* any Yahoo! Mail user that has image blocking turned on --
* even though the images are embedded.
* I haven't tested Hotmail yet...
* Regardless, there is no perfect solution. If CIDs are used,
* GMail users may block your embedded images, if CIDs are not
* used, Yahoo! Mail users may block your embedded images.
* I recommend setting using CIDs. This is what Mozilla Thunderbird
* does by default, and it's the more clear an unambiguous way
* to indicate that images are indeed embedded.
loMht.UseCids = 1
lcEmlStr = loMht.GetEML("http://www.bonairefishing.com/")
IF (loMht.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
? loMht.LastErrorText
RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loMht
RELEASE loEmail
CANCEL
ENDIF
lnSuccess = loEmail.SetFromMimeText(lcEmlStr)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
? loEmail.LastErrorText
RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loMht
RELEASE loEmail
CANCEL
ENDIF
loEmail.Subject = "Test HTML email"
* This example is tested in:
* Outlook 2000, Eudora 7, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9, Outlook Express 6, GMail, Yahoo Mail
lnSuccess = loEmail.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com")
* Note: Chilkat does not regularly check our GMail and Yahoo
* email accounts. Please send support email to support@chilkatsoft.com
lnSuccess = loEmail.AddTo("Chilkat on Yahoo","chilkat_software@yahoo.com")
lnSuccess = loEmail.AddTo("Chilkat on GMail","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
loEmail.From = "chilkat@live.com"
* Send email using smtp.live.com
loMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.live.com"
loMailman.SmtpUsername = "chilkat@live.com"
loMailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
loMailman.SmtpPort = 587
loMailman.StartTLS = 1
lnSuccess = loMailman.SendEmail(loEmail)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
? loMailman.LastErrorText
RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loMht
RELEASE loEmail
CANCEL
ENDIF
lnSuccess = loMailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
? loMailman.LastErrorText
RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loMht
RELEASE loEmail
CANCEL
ENDIF
? "HTML Email Sent!"
RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loMht
RELEASE loEmail