Re: Emailing html

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17683
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texte = Well, you can put anything inside a sendmail context that you want. But...a lot of your customers will not be able to see your formatting. Rather, they will see your order form littered with all of the html tags.The better way to go is to use the [format] tag to set up a table-like stucture. You can use [format] to force your fields to a certain size, padded out with spaces or clipped to the proper length.-Dave At 8:38 PM 5/14/98, Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote: >Is there any way, with WebCatalog and the [sendmail] context to send >email in an html format? I am trying to create an email order form to >send to my client that is tabled, so it is easier to read. How would >I do this? > >Thanks, >Dennis o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+ o----------- Digital Frontier --+ o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Emailing html (Dave MacLeay 1998)
  2. Re: Emailing html (Paul Uttermohlen 1998)
  3. Re: Emailing html (Dave MacLeay 1998)
  4. Emailing html (Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. 1998)
Well, you can put anything inside a sendmail context that you want. But...a lot of your customers will not be able to see your formatting. Rather, they will see your order form littered with all of the html tags.The better way to go is to use the [format] tag to set up a table-like stucture. You can use [format] to force your fields to a certain size, padded out with spaces or clipped to the proper length.-Dave At 8:38 PM 5/14/98, Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote: >Is there any way, with WebCatalog and the [sendmail] context to send >email in an html format? I am trying to create an email order form to >send to my client that is tabled, so it is easier to read. How would >I do this? > >Thanks, >Dennis o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+ o----------- Digital Frontier --+ o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+ Dave MacLeay

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