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Send HTML Email with CSS as Related Item using Content-Location

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an external CSS file included as a related item and referenced by Content-Location.

Some email clients display embedded (related) content best using CID's (Content-IDs), whereas other email clients display related content best by Content-Location. The choice you make may depend on the software used by the intended recipient of your email. (Does' the recipient read email on an iPhone? Android? Outlook? GMail? Thunderbird? etc.)

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Mailman
oleobject loo_Email
oleobject loo_SbCss
integer li_BCrlf
string ls_FilenameInHtml
oleobject loo_SbHtml

li_Success = 0

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
loo_Mailman = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Mailman.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.MailMan")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Mailman
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
loo_Mailman.SmtpHost = "outlook.office365.com"
loo_Mailman.SmtpPort = 587
loo_Mailman.StartTLS = 1

// Set the SMTP login/password
loo_Mailman.SmtpUsername = "OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN"
loo_Mailman.SmtpPassword = "OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD"

// Create a new email object
loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")

loo_Email.Subject = "HTML Email with embedded CSS"
loo_Email.From = "Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>"
loo_Email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com")

loo_SbCss = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbCss.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

li_BCrlf = 1
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("body {",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("    background-color: powderblue;",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("}",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("h1 {",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("    color: blue;",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("}",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("p {",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("    color: red;",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbCss.AppendLine("}",li_BCrlf)

// The filenameInHtml is what should exists within the HTML (in the href atribute)
ls_FilenameInHtml = "styles.css"
// Call AddRelatedString2 to use Content-Location.
loo_Email.AddRelatedString2(ls_FilenameInHtml,loo_SbCss.GetAsString(),"utf-8")

loo_SbHtml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbHtml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("<!DOCTYPE html>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("<html>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("<head>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("  <link rel=~"stylesheet~" href=~"styles.css~">",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("</head>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("<body>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("<h1>This is a heading</h1>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("<p>This is a paragraph.</p>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("</body>",li_BCrlf)
loo_SbHtml.AppendLine("</html>",li_BCrlf)

loo_Email.SetHtmlBody(loo_SbHtml.GetAsString())

li_Success = loo_Mailman.SendEmail(loo_Email)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Mailman.LastErrorText
else
    Write-Debug "Mail Sent!"
end if



destroy loo_Mailman
destroy loo_Email
destroy loo_SbCss
destroy loo_SbHtml