Send email content as attachment in PDF format in asp.net

Introduction: In this article today i will explain how we can send email content as attachment in PDF format in asp.net.

Description:

In the previous article I have explained Sql commands and its types, Format the emails using StringBulider in asp.net, Explain cookies in asp.net OR Explain cookies with example in asp.net and Move items from one listbox to another listbox and vice versa in asp.net. 

Firstly check this article Send email in asp.net

To generate the PDF file of email content i am using iTextsharp DLL. To download the DLL Click Here.

Add the reference of DLL to your Project/website.

HTML markup:

<fieldset style="width:400px">

    <legend>Send Email content as PDF attachment</legend>

    <table>

    <tr><td>Email Sent To :</td><td>  <asp:TextBox ID="txtemail" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td></tr>

    <tr><td></td><td></td></tr>

    <tr><td><strong>Fill below given information to send</strong></td><td></td></tr>

    <tr><td>Name</td><td>  <asp:TextBox ID="txtname" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td></tr>

    <tr><td>Subject</td><td>  <asp:TextBox ID="txtsubject" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td></tr>

    <tr><td>Email</td><td>  <asp:TextBox ID="txtemailid" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td></tr>

    <tr><td>Message:</td><td>  <asp:TextBox ID="txtmessage" runat="server"

            TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox></td></tr>

    <tr><td></td><td><asp:Button ID="btnsend" runat="server" Text="Send Email" onclick="Button1_Click" /></td></tr>  

    <tr><td></td><td><label id="lblmessage" runat="server"></label></td></tr>

    </table>

    </fieldset>

On button click write the below given code (C#) :

using iTextSharp.text;

using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

using iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser;

using System.IO;

using System.Net.Mail;

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {      

        try

        {

            System.Text.StringBuilder mailBody = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

            mailBody.Append("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"2\" style=\"font-family:Arial,Verdana\"> ");

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td><img src= \"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZcpCp-jZA2SFIxe2mG5IqeKsO21cBjDwpDB46jYKZZWEv8s73s8Fs0fEeOwBNubtvH0MReysO23uHDPGMo1r3mBTMPgjS9Q3x7VNfe-dwAPdOCFH70AkfCgUdkM3vZNct4n9aIuXHcVN/s1600/am3.png\" /></td></tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"2\" style=\"font-family:Arial,Verdana\"> ");

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("Name");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");    

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("" + txtname.Text + "");         

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("</tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("Subject");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("" + txtsubject.Text + "");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("</tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("Email");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("" + txtemailid.Text + "");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("</tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("Message ");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("<td>");

            mailBody.Append("" + txtmessage.Text + "");

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("</tr>");

            mailBody.AppendLine("</table>");           

            mailBody.Append("</td>");

            mailBody.Append("</tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td>Thanks for contacting us we will get in touch with you shortly.</td></tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td><a href=\"http://articlemirror.blogspot.in\">Click here to go Your Webiste</a></td></tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td><b>Regards,</b></td></tr>");

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td style='background-color: #0696AF;color:#ffffff'><b>Article Mirror Team</b></td></tr>");

            mailBody.AppendLine("</table>");

            StringReader sr = new StringReader(mailBody.ToString());

            Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);

            HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);

            MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();           

                PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, memoryStream);

                pdfDoc.Open();

                htmlparser.Parse(sr);

                pdfDoc.Close();

                byte[] bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();

                memoryStream.Close();

                string Email = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Email"].ToString();

                string Emailto = txtemail.Text;

                MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(Email, Emailto);

                mail.Subject = "Contact us page Enquiry";

                mail.Body = mailBody.ToString();

                mail.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(new MemoryStream(bytes), "conatctPDF.pdf"));

                mail.IsBodyHtml = true;

                SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();

                smtp.Send(mail);

                lblmessage.InnerText = "Email send successfully";

                Clear();             

        }

        catch (Exception ex)

        {

        }        

    }

    public void Clear()

    {

        txtemail.Text = "";

        txtname.Text = string.Empty;

        txtmessage.Text = string.Empty;

        txtemailid.Text = string.Empty;

        txtsubject.Text = string.Empty;

    }

In VB:

Imports iTextSharp.text

Imports iTextSharp.text.pdf

Imports iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser

Imports System.IO

Imports System.Net.Mail

Protected Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnsend.Click

        Try

            Dim mailBody As New System.Text.StringBuilder()

            mailBody.Append("<table width=""100%"" border=""0"" align=""center"" cellpadding=""4"" cellspacing=""2"" style=""font-family:Arial,Verdana""> ")

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td><img src= ""https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZcpCp-jZA2SFIxe2mG5IqeKsO21cBjDwpDB46jYKZZWEv8s73s8Fs0fEeOwBNubtvH0MReysO23uHDPGMo1r3mBTMPgjS9Q3x7VNfe-dwAPdOCFH70AkfCgUdkM3vZNct4n9aIuXHcVN/s1600/am3.png"" /></td></tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("<table width=""100%"" border=""0"" align=""center"" cellpadding=""4"" cellspacing=""2"" style=""font-family:Arial,Verdana""> ")

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("Name")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("" + txtname.Text & "")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("</tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("Subject")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("" + txtsubject.Text & "")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("</tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("Email")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("" + txtemailid.Text & "")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("</tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr style='background-color: #f4d687'>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("Message ")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("<td>")

            mailBody.Append("" + txtmessage.Text & "")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("</tr>")

            mailBody.AppendLine("</table>")

            mailBody.Append("</td>")

            mailBody.Append("</tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td>Thanks for contacting us we will get in touch with you shortly.

</td></tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td><a href=""http://articlemirror.blogspot.in"">Click here to go Your Webiste</a></td></tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td><b>Regards,</b></td></tr>")

            mailBody.Append("<tr><td style='background-color: #0696AF;color:#ffffff'><b>Article Mirror</b></td></tr>")

            mailBody.AppendLine("</table>")

            Dim sr As New StringReader(mailBody.ToString())

            Dim pdfDoc As New Document(PageSize.A4, 10.0F, 10.0F, 10.0F, 0.0F)

            Dim htmlparser As New HTMLWorker(pdfDoc)

            Dim memoryStream As New MemoryStream()

            Dim writer As PdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, memoryStream)

            pdfDoc.Open()

            htmlparser.Parse(sr)

            pdfDoc.Close()

            Dim bytes As Byte() = memoryStream.ToArray()

            memoryStream.Close()

            Dim Email As String = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("Email").ToString()

            Dim Emailto As String = txtemail.Text

            Dim mail As New MailMessage(Email, Emailto)

            mail.Subject = "Contact us page Enquiry"

            mail.Attachments.Add(New Attachment(New MemoryStream(bytes), "conatctPDF.pdf"))

            mail.IsBodyHtml = True

            Dim smtp As New SmtpClient()

            smtp.Send(mail)

            lblmessage.InnerText = "Email send successfully"

            Clear()

        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

    End Sub

    Public Sub Clear()

        txtemail.Text = ""

        txtname.Text = String.Empty

        txtmessage.Text = String.Empty

        txtemailid.Text = String.Empty

        txtsubject.Text = String.Empty

    End Sub

Build the project/website, run and check out the result.

Output :

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