How read HTML contents into a string?

[VB Programmer]

I have an HTML file that I want to read on the fly and insert the contents
into a string (for the body of an email.) How can I do this?

 

[Lau Lei Cheong]

If the HTML file is located on your server, just read it as ordinary text
file and perform string.Replace() on the placeholders
you reserved.

 

[VB Programmer]

I wrote a function which reads it ok. (See below)

The only probelm is that the HTML shows up in the email message with the raw
code, even though I set IsBodyHtml to true. Any ideas?

Here's the code to read the html...

Private Function ReadHtmlPage(ByVal url As String) As String

Dim file As String = Server.MapPath(url)

Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader

Dim fi As New System.IO.FileInfo(file)

Dim strContents As String = ""

If System.IO.File.Exists(file) Then

sr = System.IO.File.OpenText(file)

strContents += Server.HtmlEncode(sr.ReadToEnd())

sr.Close()

End If

Return strContents

End Function

 

[Lau Lei Cheong]

If you can see the raw code, then the "read" part should be OK.

I believe you should post the "send" code in order for us to find out what's
wrong.

 

[Russell]

Try changing

strContents += Server.HtmlEncode(sr.ReadToEnd())

to

strContents += sr.ReadToEnd()

You are actually destroying your tags at that point because the HTML
encoding converts '<' to "&lt;", '>' to "&gt;", etc, which then appear
as literal characters in your email.

 

[VB Programmer]

Bingo! Thanks alot Russell (and everyone else!!)

Try changing

strContents += Server.HtmlEncode(sr.ReadToEnd())

to

strContents += sr.ReadToEnd()

You are actually destroying your tags at that point because the HTML
encoding converts '<' to "&lt;", '>' to "&gt;", etc, which then appear
as literal characters in your email.