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andersalandersal 

Problem with trigger calling a visualforce email template

Hi!

 

I have problems with writing an email template for event-object. I have a trigger which should be fired after insert. It should send an email to the customer(account).

 

I am getting the following error msg when saving the event.

 

Error: Invalid Data.
Review all error messages below to correct your data.
Apex trigger sendEmailTemplate caused an unexpected exception, contact your administrator: sendEmailTemplate: execution of AfterInsert caused by: System.EmailException: SendEmail failed. First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_TYPE_FOR_OPERATION, Only Users, Contact or Lead allowed for targetObjectId : 00UT00000024Rod.: []: Trigger.sendEmailTemplate: line 26, column 12

 

The trigger follows here:

 

trigger sendEmailTemplate on Event (after insert) {
 list<event> list_evt = new List<event>();
 List<id> list_id = new List<Id>();
    for (event e : Trigger.new) {   
        list_evt.add(e);
        list_id.add(e.whoid);
    }

       
    List<Contact> conList = [select Id,Name,Email from Contact where Id in :list_id];

        if (list_evt.get(0).Subject =='1.gang' ){
            Messaging.SingleEmailMessage mail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();  
            //Contact con = list_evt.get(0).Who   
            mail.setSaveAsActivity(false);
            mail.setTargetObjectId(list_evt.get(0).id);
            mail.setWhatId(trigger.new[0].id);
            mail.setTemplateId('00XA0000000a6IP');
            Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });
    }

}

 

The VF template is as following(It's not finished, it's just a start for see that things works

 

<messaging:emailTemplate recipientType="Contact" relatedToType="Event" subject="Møtebekreftelse norKapital">
<messaging:htmlEmailBody >
<html>
        <body>
         <STYLE type="text/css">
               TH {font-size: 11px; font-face: arial;background: #CCCCCC; border-width: 1;  text-align: center }
               TD  {font-size: 11px; font-face: verdana }
               TABLE {border: solid #CCCCCC; border-width: 1}
               TR {border: solid #CCCCCC; border-width: 1}
         </STYLE>
         <font face="arial" size="2">
                
              Til {!recipient.Name}

              Velkommen til møte hos oss den {!relatedTo.StartDateTime}.
 
    
         </font>
        </body>
</html>

</messaging:htmlEmailBody>

<messaging:plainTextEmailBody >
Congratulations!
This is your new Visualforce Email Template.
</messaging:plainTextEmailBody>
</messaging:emailTemplate>

 

 

 

I hope someone can help me.

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
NallapatiNallapati

Hi

 

mail.setTargetObjectId(list_evt.get(0).id);

 

Here you are setting the targetobjectid to Event id.  but the rule is You have to set the TargetObjectID  to a Contact id, if you want to set WhatID.

 

so the line should be

mail.settargetObjectid(<Some Conatct id>);

 

the mail will go to the Email Field of the contact you are setting as TargetObject ,    and you can use the Merge fields  of WhatId object

 

Hope it helps you.   if it does accept the solution.plz

 

All Answers

NallapatiNallapati

Hi

 

mail.setTargetObjectId(list_evt.get(0).id);

 

Here you are setting the targetobjectid to Event id.  but the rule is You have to set the TargetObjectID  to a Contact id, if you want to set WhatID.

 

so the line should be

mail.settargetObjectid(<Some Conatct id>);

 

the mail will go to the Email Field of the contact you are setting as TargetObject ,    and you can use the Merge fields  of WhatId object

 

Hope it helps you.   if it does accept the solution.plz

 

This was selected as the best answer
andersalandersal

Hi!

 

Tnx!! Now it worked!!!