How to Send Email with Priorities using ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET
This tutorial will show you how to send a simple email message with priorities using ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET
Sending a email with Priorities using ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET is actually very simple.
First, you will need to import the
System.Net.Mail namespace.
The
System.Net.Mail namespace contains the
SmtpClient and
MailMessage Classes that we need in order to send the email and specify the Priority.
We use the btnSubmit_Click event to do the work.
We then call the emailClient.Send to send the message using the variables from our ASP.NET coded page. We then use a switch statement to determine the desired level of priority and set the Priority property of our MailMessage object accordingly.
Protected Sub btnSubmit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSubmit.Click Try Dim SendFrom As MailAddress = New MailAddress(txtFrom.Text) Dim SendTo As MailAddress = New MailAddress(txtTo.Text) Dim MyMessage As MailMessage = New MailMessage(SendFrom, SendTo) MyMessage.Subject = txtSubject.Text MyMessage.Body = txtBody.Text Select Case ddPriority.SelectedValue Case "Low" MyMessage.Priority = MailPriority.Low Case "Normal" MyMessage.Priority = MailPriority.Normal Case "High" MyMessage.Priority = MailPriority.High End Select Dim emailClient As New SmtpClient(txtSMTPServer.Text) emailClient.Send(MyMessage) litStatus.Text = "Message Sent" Catch ex As Exception litStatus.Text = ex.ToString() End Try End Sub |
The front end .aspx page looks something like this:
<table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#5482fc"> <tr> <td height="50" align="center" class="lgHeader1">How to set Email Priority using ASP.NET 2.0 and C#</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <tr> <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> To</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtTo" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> From</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtFrom" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> SMTP Server</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtSMTPServer" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Subject</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtSubject" runat="server" Columns="50"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Priority</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <asp:DropDownList ID="ddPriority" runat="server"> <asp:ListItem>Low</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Selected="True">Normal</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem>High</asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Body</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:TextBox ID="txtBody" runat="server" Columns="40" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1">Action</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Send Email" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1">Status</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="basix"><asp:Literal ID="litStatus" runat="server"></asp:Literal></td> </tr> </table> |
The flow for the code behind page is as follows.
Imports System.Net.Mail Partial Class _Default Inherits System.Web.UI.Page Protected Sub btnSubmit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSubmit.Click Try Dim SendFrom As MailAddress = New MailAddress(txtFrom.Text) Dim SendTo As MailAddress = New MailAddress(txtTo.Text) Dim MyMessage As MailMessage = New MailMessage(SendFrom, SendTo) MyMessage.Subject = txtSubject.Text MyMessage.Body = txtBody.Text Select Case ddPriority.SelectedValue Case "Low" MyMessage.Priority = MailPriority.Low Case "Normal" MyMessage.Priority = MailPriority.Normal Case "High" MyMessage.Priority = MailPriority.High End Select Dim emailClient As New SmtpClient(txtSMTPServer.Text) emailClient.Send(MyMessage) litStatus.Text = "Message Sent" Catch ex As Exception litStatus.Text = ex.ToString() End Try End Sub End Class |