Sending repeater in an email

Question

I need to send a table obtained using a repeater in a mail, are there examples on how embed a repeater in a mail body? I'm using MailMessage to send the mail. I tried to implement this example:

    System.IO.StringWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.StringWriter();

    System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWrite =
    new HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite);

    MyRepeater.RenderControl(htmlWrite);

    string emailContent = stringWrite.ToString();

but there's an error:

Control ''m_repeater_btn" of type 'LinkButton' must be placed inside a form tag with    runat=server.

Even if i put the tag form i get still an error, how should i put it?

this is my asp.net page:

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true"   CodeBehind="ViewMySisters.aspx.cs"  %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="HeadContent" runat="server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">

    <asp:Repeater ID="MyRepeater" runat="server">

    <HeaderTemplate>
        <table style="border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid grey;" width="500">
            <tr>
                <td style="border: 1px solid grey;">firstname</td>
                <td style="border: 1px solid grey;">lastname</td>
                <td style="border: 1px solid grey;">age</td>
    <td style="border: 1px solid grey;">work experienes</td>

            </tr>
    </HeaderTemplate>

    <ItemTemplate>
        <tr>
            <td style="border: 1px solid grey;"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "NAME")%></td>
            <td style="border: 1px solid grey;"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "FAMILY         NAME")%></td>
            <td style="border: 1px solid grey;"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "AGE")%></td>
            <td style="border: 1px solid grey;"><asp:LinkButton ID="btn" runat="server"   Text=">>>>" OnCommand="btnDetails_Command" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("ID") %>' /></td>
        </tr>
    </ItemTemplate>

    <FooterTemplate>
        </table>
    </FooterTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>

      <br />
<asp:Button ID="sendMail" runat="server" Text="send" OnClick="sendmail_Clicked" />
</asp:Content>

algreat · Answer 1 · 2013-01-24T11:15:32.043

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1) Try to execute your page (not single repeater):

    private string LoadMailTemplate()
    {
        var sb = new StringBuilder();

        using (var sw = new StringWriter(sb))
        {
            this.Server.Execute(this, sw, false);
        }

        return sb.ToString();
    }

where this is your page class.

2) Also you can put your repeater on the control. Here is code that execute control's body:

 public static string LoadMailTemplate(string templatePath)      
 {
                var page = new Page();
                Control myControl = page.LoadControl(templatePath);   
                var sb = new StringBuilder();    
                page.Controls.Add(myControl);

                using (var sw = new StringWriter(sb))
                {
                    page.Server.Execute(page, sw, false);
                }

                return sb.ToString();
 }

Call:

string  emailBody = LoadMailTemplate("~/modules/eurolight/MailTemplates/OrderMailTemplate.ascx");

edited Jan 24 '13 at 11:15

answered Jan 21 '13 at 14:15

algreat

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it is a path of the control. For example templatePath = "~/modules/eurolight/MailTemplates/OrderMailTemplate.ascx". But first try to execute yor page (without using controls) – algreat Jan 21 '13 at 14:41
try first this code: var sb = new StringBuilder(); using (var sw = new StringWriter(sb)) { string emailBody = page.Server.Execute(page, sw, false); } Use 'this' instead of 'page' – algreat Jan 21 '13 at 14:42
it says: cannot implicitly convert type void to type string – Camilla Jan 21 '13 at 14:46
how can I find the path of the control? – Camilla Jan 21 '13 at 14:49
In your case you don't need a control path. You can try to execute your page inside your ViewMySisters.aspx.cs file: this.Server.Execute(this, sw, false); – algreat Jan 21 '13 at 14:51
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/23097/discussion-between-algreat-and-camilla) – algreat Jan 21 '13 at 14:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '13 at 14:20

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An email is not an asp.net page. There for you are limited to flat HTML controls. I change change the link button to an anchor tag and link it back to your web application and load the details based on query string.

answered Jan 21 '13 at 14:20

Brian P

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do you know some examples on which I could give a look? – Camilla Jan 21 '13 at 14:32
What are you looking or examples of? Litmus.com will give you what you can do in an email. – Brian P Jan 21 '13 at 14:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 09 '13 at 13:43

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You need this code:

Public Overrides Sub VerifyRenderingInServerForm(control As Control)

End Sub

edited Jul 09 '13 at 13:43

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answered Jul 09 '13 at 13:20

user1538071

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Would be a good idea to explain where this code should go and why the user should use it – CodingIntrigue Jul 09 '13 at 13:44

Sending repeater in an email

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