Formating a HTML email

[DotNetNewbie]

Hi,

I would like to change the email module I have in my application to use HTML formated emails.

However I seem to have hit a small issue:

HTML does not recognise tabs (char(13)), so I thought I would use a table, but this seems to mess with the formating of the text and it does not align correctly.

How would you recommend formating the following text:

User1 : Bob
User2 : Claire
User3 : Darren

Ideally without borders and using a specific font (Arial).

Many thanks in advance.

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[RiverGuy]

I would start by just adding the appropriate HTML tags. Something like this should work

[COLOR=#ff0000]<font face="Arial">[/color]
User1     : Bob[COLOR=#ff0000]<br>[/color]
User2     : Claire[COLOR=#ff0000]<br>[/color]
User3     : Darren
[COLOR=#ff0000]</font>[/color]

If you want to get something that is HTML standards compliant, you might ask this question in the HTML or similar forum.

 

[DotNetNewbie]

Rg,

Thanks for your reply. Sadly using your example it strips out the additional spaces so leaves:

User1 : Bob
User2 : Claire
User3 : Darren

Though as you suggested I will pose this question in a HTML thread.

Cheers.

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[huggyboy]

just to save you posting in html forum - normally format stuff like this using html table tags - adjust the width as necessary in the td's

<table >
<tr>
	<td width=50>User1</td>
	<td>:</td>
	<td>Bob</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>User2</td>
	<td>:</td>
	<td>Claire</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>User3</td>
	<td>:</td>
	<td>Darren</td>
</tr>
</table>

 

[DotNetNewbie]

HuggyBoy,

That actually works, many thanks. The only thing it does though is change the font back to Times New Roman

Any idea how I reset this for the table?

Cheers.

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[huggyboy]

Yep - as RiverGuy suggested put a font tag around the table start & end tags - i noticed it just after i posted