Create Email Body With Dynamic Table Format In C#

This blog will explain how to create HTML Table with mutiple rows in Email body dynamically using C#.

C# Code

string textBody = " <table border="+1+" cellpadding="+0+" cellspacing="+0+" width = "+400+"><tr bgcolor='#4da6ff'><td><b>Column 1</b></td> <td> <b> Column 2</b> </td></tr>";
               for (int loopCount = 0; loopCount < data_table.Rows.Count; loopCount++)
               {
                   textBody += "<tr><td>" + data_table.Rows[loopCount]["RowName"] + "</td><td> " + data_table.Rows[loopCount]["RowName2"] + "</td> </tr>";
               }
               textBody += "</table>";
               MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
               System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");

               mail.From = new MailAddress("From_Email");
               mail.To.Add("To_Email");
               mail.Subject = "Test Mail";
               mail.Body = textBody;
               mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
               SmtpServer.Port = 587;
               SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("from_email", "from_email_passowrd");
               SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;

               SmtpServer.Send(mail);

Note 

mail.IsBodyHtml = true;

IsBodyHTML would enable table view in the email.

 

We can set the table css within the code as well. Please find the snippet below.

string textBody = " <table border="+1+" cellpadding="+0+" cellspacing="+0+" width = "+400+"><tr bgcolor='#4da6ff'><td><b>Column 1</b></td> <td> <b> Column 2</b> </td></tr>";

This table has a border, with cellpadding and column background color as well.

For dynamically creating rows in the table for an email, please find the below code snippet for explanation.

for (int loopCount = 0; loopCount < data_table.Rows.Count; loopCount++)
             {
                 textBody += "<tr><td>" + data_table.Rows[loopCount]["RowName"] + "</td><td> " + data_table.Rows[loopCount]["RowName2"] + "</td> </tr>";
             }

We will be looping the data table, with respect to the colum name, it will display in the specific column.

 

Other settings while sending email code snippet are  below,

mail.From = new MailAddress("from_email");
                mail.To.Add("To_email");
                mail.Subject = "Email Subject";

 Mail.from - Enter from email ID

  

 Mail.To  -  Enter To email ID

 

 Mail.Subject - Subject for email.