SMTP_SendHtml

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SMTP_SendHtml

 

Description

 

Send send HTML encoded email once a connection has been made to your SMTP server after calling SMTP_Connect.

 

Syntax

 

ErrorCode = SMTP_SendHTML( To, Cc, BCc, Subject, Message, Images, AltText, Attach, Options )

 

Returns

 

Number.

If ErrorCode < 0 (Zero) means failure. Use SMTP_GetError to return error description of error code.

 

Parameters

 

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

To

String

No

Recipient, separated by semi-colons

Cc

String

No

CC list, separated by semi-colons

BCc

String

No

BCC list, separated by semi-colons

Subject

String

No

Subject text (max 256 chars)

Message

String

No

Mail message content or message filename from which to load message content.
 

If the first character of the message is a '@', then it is considered as the filename which contains the message to send.

Example: "@C:\Temp\Message.html"

Images

String

No

Contains the filenames of images that are to be embedded in the email message.  The first image must be referenced in the text of the HTML encode email message as

    <IMG SRC="cid:message-root.1">

The second image (if any) must be referenced as

    <IMG SRC="cid:message-root.2">

continuing in this way for all embedded images.

AltText

String

No

Used to provide a plain ASCII text equivalent of the message for those email clients that cannot decode HTML

Attach

String

No

File attachment list.

It may contain one or more attachments, separated by semi-colons, with no embedded spaces.

Options

Numeric

No

Not used but mandatory

 

Remarks

 

Note that all email addresses (in To, CC, and BCC strings) must be bracketed, and the CC and BCC strings may contain multiple email addresses, separated by semi-colons. .

 

Restrictions

 

Message maximum size is 1 Mega Byte. If more room is needed, consider using external file message option.

 

See also

 

Examples