Hyperlink in text string

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August 21st, 2007, 01:21 PM
lbargers

Hyperlink in text string

Hello,

Is there a way to include a hyperlink inside a string? I am using SMTP to send a verification email, and I would like to inlcude a hyperlink to the website login, as well as a link to the admin email. I was able to get this working, but the entire path show up for the hyperlink, and "mailto:" is including at the beginning of the email link. For formatting purposes I would like this to be setup similar to a standard A HREF hyperlink tag. Here is the code i am working with. Thanks for any help on this!

Code:

Private Sub SendEmailNotification(ByVal Message As String, ByVal Question As String, ByVal OptionName As String, ByVal Rating As String) Dim mailMsg As New MailMessage("[email protected]", "[email protected]") With mailMsg .Subject = "Moderation Required!" .Body = UserInfo.DisplayName & " has modified comments related to """ & Question & """. Please Log into ""MyBold"" to review." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _ & " User: " & UserInfo.DisplayName & vbCrLf _ & " Question: " & Question & vbCrLf _ & "Option Name: " & OptionName & vbCrLf _ & " Rating: " & Rating & vbCrLf _ & " Comment: " & Message & vbCrLf _ & " Date/Time: " & Now() & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _ & "Login to http://www.mywebsite.com/bt2/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Login/Default.aspx?returnurl=%2fbt2%2fHome%2ftabid%2f36%2fDefault.aspx to moderate user requests." & vbCrLf _" & "Admin:" & vbCrLf _ & "mailto:" & mailMsg.From.Address End With Try Dim emailClient As New SmtpClient("dom-02.boldgroup.int", 25) emailClient.Send(mailMsg) Catch exp As Exception lblUserMessage.Text = exp.ToString() End Try End Sub
August 21st, 2007, 10:15 PM
jmcilhinney

Re: Hyperlink in text string

Your MailMessage needs to be in HTML format first, then you just make the body a string containing HTML code, including an HREF tag.
August 21st, 2007, 10:27 PM
Thread1

Re: Hyperlink in text string

here is a sample code

Code:

Dim m As New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage Dim sm As System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail m.BodyFormat = Web.Mail.MailFormat.Html m.To = "[email protected]" m.From = "[email protected]" m.Subject = "test" m.Body = "<html><body>" & _ "<p />" & _ "Please click <a href=""http://domain.com/mysite"">here</a> to login." & _ "<p />" & _ "Please click <a href=""mailto:[email protected]"">here</a> to mail me." & _ "</body></html>" sm.SmtpServer = "<your mail server here>" sm.Send(m)
August 22nd, 2007, 01:55 AM
jmcilhinney

Re: Hyperlink in text string

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thread1

here is a sample code

Code:

Dim m As New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage Dim sm As System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail m.BodyFormat = Web.Mail.MailFormat.Html m.To = "[email protected]" m.From = "[email protected]" m.Subject = "test" m.Body = "<html><body>" & _ "<p />" & _ "Please click <a href=""http://domain.com/mysite"">here</a> to login." & _ "<p />" & _ "Please click <a href=""mailto:[email protected]"">here</a> to mail me." & _ "</body></html>" sm.SmtpServer = "<your mail server here>" sm.Send(m)

The OP is using System.Net.Mail (.Net 2.0+), not System.Web.Mail (.NET 1.x).
August 22nd, 2007, 02:29 AM
Thread1

Re: Hyperlink in text string

^ nice catch :D
August 22nd, 2007, 09:27 AM
lbargers

Re: Hyperlink in text string

Many Thanks! Its working now.