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mh1974 Static PDF email attachment
Here's my dilema; I have a visualforce page that allows a user to select a contact to send an email to. This email will always be the same .pdf file attached to it. I've learned how to create and send the email, but, I don't see how I can attach the .pdf file. I thought that I would be able to save the file as a static resource and add it, but, that does not seem possible. I've read lots of material on converting a visualforce page into a pdf and adding that as an attachment, but, that doesn't really fit with what I'm doing. My file will always be the same, so, I was really looking for a way to store it in 'the cloud' and then add it to my emails when required.
Any advice?
Okay, here's how I did it.
public void SendTestEmail(){
//Create a new single email message object
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage objEmail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
//Address
objEmail.setToAddresses(new String[] {'email@somewhere.com'});
// Subject
objEmail.setSubject('PDF Test email');
//Content
objEmail.setPlainTextBody('This is a test email');
//Attachments
List<StaticResource> objPDF = [Select body, name from StaticResource where Name = 'xx'];
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment[] objEmailAttachments = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment[1];
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment objPDFAttachment = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment();
objPDFAttachment.setBody(objPDF[0].Body);
objPDFAttachment.setFileName(objPDF[0].name + '.pdf');
objEmailAttachments[0] = objPDFAttachment;
objEmail.setFileAttachments(objEmailAttachments);
//Send
List<Messaging.Sendemailresult> objER = Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] {objEmail});
if (!objER[0].isSuccess()){
Error handling;
}
}
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Come on, I can't be the only person that needs to do this!
Answers please!
Okay, here's how I did it.
public void SendTestEmail(){
//Create a new single email message object
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage objEmail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
//Address
objEmail.setToAddresses(new String[] {'email@somewhere.com'});
// Subject
objEmail.setSubject('PDF Test email');
//Content
objEmail.setPlainTextBody('This is a test email');
//Attachments
List<StaticResource> objPDF = [Select body, name from StaticResource where Name = 'xx'];
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment[] objEmailAttachments = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment[1];
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment objPDFAttachment = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment();
objPDFAttachment.setBody(objPDF[0].Body);
objPDFAttachment.setFileName(objPDF[0].name + '.pdf');
objEmailAttachments[0] = objPDFAttachment;
objEmail.setFileAttachments(objEmailAttachments);
//Send
List<Messaging.Sendemailresult> objER = Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] {objEmail});
if (!objER[0].isSuccess()){
Error handling;
}
}
Hey,
I am using the same code which you have mentioned above.
I want to Send an email to Opportunty owner with the Attachment which are added into opportunity.
I an getting emial with attachments but attachment file converted into binary file.
Any Idea ???
Thanks!!
That means , we can not attach any file with email as it gets converted into binary
Hi,
I have written a trigger on Attachment and it will send an email with attachments .
I uploaded a file say “abc.txt” and I got this file into email but it getting converted into binary( when I open this txt file it shows junk characters)
Below is my trigger code
trigger AttchTrg on Attachment (after insert, after update) {
public Attachment[] newAttachment = Trigger.new; // Adding an Attachment
// Create a new single email message object
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage mail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
String[] toAddresses = new String[] {'test@test.com'};
mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses);
// Specify the subject line for your email address.
mail.setSubject('Test email');
mail.setHtmlBody('<b>testing</b>');
// add the attachment to an email message
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment[] fileAttachments = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment[1];
//create an attachment object to populate with data
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment fileAttachment = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment();
fileAttachment.setBody(newAttachment[0].Body);
fileAttachment.setFileName(newAttachment[0].Name);
//add attachment object to attachments array
fileAttachments[0]=fileAttachment;
//add attachments to mail message
mail.setFileAttachments(fileAttachments);
// Send the email you have created.
Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });
}
Let me know.
I can't see anything particularly wrong with this, except that I found I had to append the file type when I called the setFileName method, e.g.
fileAttachment.setFileName(newAttachment[0].Name + '.txt');
but, that was only so I didn't have to browse to the right application to open the file.
I tested your code sucesfully with the following changes:
1. I did not call the code through a trigger - I simply used a VF page
2. I used a text file I uploaded as a static resource.
I'm not suggesting you make those changes, it just points to a possible problem with running this code through a trigger or how you're coming by the attachment.
Matt
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