Use inline style in ASP.NET code file

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Good Day.

I want to send an email from my code file in ASP.NET. I want to apply styling to my html...How do I do it?

Here is the html part:

var Message = string.Format("<html><head></head><body><div style=""this does not work!!"">{0}<br/>{1}<br />{2}<br />{3}<br />{4}<br />{5}</body></html>", emaildetail.Name, emaildetail.Surname, emaildetail.CardProvider, emaildetail.CardType, emaildetail.CardNo, emaildetail.SuspendGuid); 

SendEmail("my email address", "Suspended Message", Message, true, null, true, 587);

I tried using double quotes, but it does not work.

How can I do this?

Thank you

MattDavey · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07 14:12:08Z

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Either use a @ prefix:

@"Some text ""here""";

or use a backslash to escape the quotes:

"Some text \"here\"";

edited Mar 7, 2013 at 14:12

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answered Mar 7, 2013 at 14:09

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DextrousDave Over a year ago

what does the 'some text' refer to?

Matt Over a year ago

whatever your text is.. in thsi case your html

Matt Over a year ago

Just stick a @ character in front like this: string.Format(@"<html>...etc and see if that works first

Grant Thomas Over a year ago

Both of these are the lesser way, IMO; this scenario is perfect for single quotes. the prefix and escaping just make the string more convoluted.

MattDavey Over a year ago

@GrantThomas I see this as a limitation in C# itself. This kind of task would be a lot nicer if C# supported string interpolation like Nemerle or Ruby

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Grant Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07 14:04:28Z

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Generally in such circumstances it's much less work and more pretty (as much as that can be) to use single quotes within the double quotes of a literal string; of course you can escape the doubles with a backslash, or a prefixed @, but there's very little point, and more typing or confusion:

<html><head></head><body><div style='this will work!!'

However, another crux of your problem might exist even so, as clients may render styles at discretion.

answered Mar 7, 2013 at 14:04

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DextrousDave Over a year ago

OH so just single quotes will work just as good? So using single quotes won't make the styling be ignored in any way?

Grant Thomas Over a year ago

Nope, in fact, by the standards most clients go by, unquoted HTML probably still works in most of them. Single quotes will be fine, if a client is going to ignore a style property it's going to do it regardless.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:32:02Z

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var Message = string.Format(@"<html><head></head><body><div style=""this does not work!!"">{0}<br/>{1}<br />{2}<br />{3}<br />{4}<br />{5}</body></html>", emaildetail.Name, emaildetail.Surname, emaildetail.CardProvider, emaildetail.CardType, emaildetail.CardNo, emaildetail.SuspendGuid);

You need to escape your string using the @.

See this post

Escape Double Quote

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Brian P · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07 14:04:00Z

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use \ as an escape character before your quotes...

var Message = string.Format("<html><head></head><body><div style=\"\">")

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