Is there a means to generate a report in memory and save it to an html string variable so that it can then be set as the body of an email?

Hello Mark,

As far as I know, there is no way to assign a report's HTML output to the message body. The reason is that if a report contains some images, it produces not a single HTML file, but several files, because it creates a directory with all image files.

I suggest that you send your reports as PDF via e-mail. You can find this example at http://devexpress.com/Help/Content.aspx?help=XtraReports&document=CustomDocument2543.htm.

Mark

I was watching this, hoping someone would offer a nice answer - but ...

I was using PowerTCP's mail component for a little while, which offered a VERY simple way to send the devex reports with the images/html embedded ... http://www.powertcp.com/ptmlnet.aspx  I am mentioning it here since I don't think the PowerTCP controls compete with devex.  Hope that is ok.

Embedding the HTML (with images) is so much nicer than an attachment.  I think devex should consider offering this.

Hello Masa Ito,

Could you please send us some results of how PowerTCP's mail component embeds our reports into e-mails as HTML with images, so that we can investigate whether it's possible to do this at our side? This would be greatly appreciated!

Alan (Developer Express):

Could you please send us some results of how PowerTCP's mail component embeds our reports into e-mails as HTML with images, so that we can investigate whether it's possible to do this at our side? This would be greatly appreciated!

I don't have access to the PowerTCP component any longer, but it wasn't long ago I was using it, and it works fine using the 30 day demo.  I believe I exported to html from the report, and in the powertcp mail component I would instantiate a new 'mail', and point it at the html file.  I presume it 'automagically' rewrites the html to embed the images and update the references. 

If devex could make this happen I know it would be very popular.   The XtraReports looked great showing up in the emails - form emails, e-zines etc. could all be created using XtraReports.

"Masa Ito" wrote in message news:189449@community.devexpress.com...

Alan (Developer Express):

Could you please send us some results of how PowerTCP's mail component embeds our reports into e-mails as HTML with images, so that we can investigate whether it's possible to do this at our side? This would be greatly appreciated!

I don't have access to the PowerTCP component any longer, but it wasn't long ago I was using it, and it works fine using the 30 day demo.  I believe I exported to html from the report, and in the powertcp mail component I would instantiate a new 'mail', and point it at the html file.  I presume it 'automagically' rewrites the html to embed the images and update the references. 

If devex could make this happen I know it would be very popular.   The XtraReports looked great showing up in the emails - form emails, e-zines etc. could all be created using XtraReports.

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I added my vote - thanks for the link!   Hope many others do too!

Emailing reports as HTML emails hasn't been done by devex yet.  I hope many others will 'vote' for this feature - it would be very helpful.

In the meantime, I know the 3rd party email vendor mentioned earlier works pretty easily.   I am wondering if anyone has tried any others?  Also, .NET 3.5 handles things manually a little easier, so someone with better skills than mine might be able to write some code to modify the HTML generated by devex export.

I heard good things about Chilkat - anyone tried their mail tools with devex reports?