Text Format

[shapper]

Hello,

I am using StringBuilder to create a newsletter in Plain Text format.

1. How can I append an empty line? Something like:
Line 1

Line 2

2. Can I include an url in an email in plain text format? For example:
http://groups.google.com

3. Can I use tags? I think I can use tags but only the following:
Bold - <b>
Italic - <i>
Underline - <u>

Thank You,
Miguel

 

[Jonathan Wood]

You cannot use tags in plain-text format. To create an empty line, you can
use "\r\n\r\n" or AppendLine().

 

[Pavel Minaev]

Hello,

I am using StringBuilder to create a newsletter in Plain Text format.

1. How can I append an empty line? Something like:
    Line 1

    Line 2

It's \r\n according to the RFC.

2. Can I include an url in an email in plain text format? For example:
   http://groups.google.com

Well you obviously can include a raw URL, and any decent user agent
will actually detect it on its own and display it as a link. No tags
though,

3. Can I use tags? I think I can use tags but only the following:
    Bold - <b>
    Italic - <i>
    Underline - <u>

No. "Plain text" means just that, plain text. No formatting. There are
some conventions (_abc_ for underline, *abc* for bold, /abc/ for
italic), and some user agents even format text accordingly (e.g.
Mozilla), but that's far from universal.

 

[Syed Fahad Abbas]

1. You can use 'System.Environment.NewLine' two times to append an empty line.

2.Yes you can include an email in the plaintext format

 

[Arto Viitanen]

Hello,

I am using StringBuilder to create a newsletter in Plain Text format.

1. How can I append an empty line? Something like:
Line 1

Line 2

2. Can I include an url in an email in plain text format? For example:
http://groups.google.com

3. Can I use tags? I think I can use tags but only the following:
Bold - <b>
Italic - <i>
Underline - <u>

You might like to use StringWriter instead. With StringWriter:

sw.WriteLine("Line1");
sw.WriteLine();
sw.WriteLine("Line2");

You can use underlining StringBuilder by calling sw.GetStringBuilder()
in case you need to remove or insert text.

 

[shapper]

You might like to use StringWriter instead. With StringWriter:

sw.WriteLine("Line1");
sw.WriteLine();
sw.WriteLine("Line2");

You can use underlining StringBuilder by calling sw.GetStringBuilder()
in case you need to remove or insert text.

What is the difference between StringBuilder and StringWriter?
I was on the impression that I should always use StringBuilder.

And if I use StringWriter why should I convert it to StringBuilder
after it?
Shouldn't I just convert it ToString and just assign it to the email
body?

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[shapper]

What is the difference between StringBuilder and StringWriter?
I was on the impression that I should always use StringBuilder.

And if I use StringWriter why should I convert it to StringBuilder
after it?
Shouldn't I just convert it ToString and just assign it to the email
body?

Thanks,
Miguel

And one more question: can I define the text font used?

I believe I can't and I think the default in emails clients for plain
text emails is usually Courier New ... Just confirming.

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[shapper]

What is the difference between StringBuilder and StringWriter?
I was on the impression that I should always use StringBuilder.

And if I use StringWriter why should I convert it to StringBuilder
after it?
Shouldn't I just convert it ToString and just assign it to the email
body?

Thanks,
Miguel

I was reading and I found this formatting:

New Line - "\n"
Padding Char - '.'
Tab = "\t"

Is this correct?

Why "\r\n"?

 

[JM]

And one more question: can I define the text font used?

Only in a formatted e-mail.

I believe I can't and I think the default in emails clients for plain
text emails is usually Courier New ... Just confirming.

Normally, but it's up to the individual.

 

[Pavel Minaev]

I was reading and I found this formatting:

New Line - "\n"
Padding Char - '.'
Tab = "\t"

Is this correct?

Why "\r\n"?

Reading what?

The format of plain text email messages is defined by RFC822 (http://
www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html). It specifically defines a newline as
sequence CR LF, which is "\r\n" in C#.

For the same reason, you should be careful when using
StringWriter.WriteLine() - it uses Environment.NewLine to terminate
lines, which is "\r\n" on Windows, but may be different elsewhere, so
you introduce a potential portability problem there.