Convert HTML Web Page to Email and Send

Converts an HTML page at a URL into an email with embedded images and sends it.

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX

Download Chilkat MHT ActiveX

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    --  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
    --  and sending (SMTP) email.
    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan2', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  The MHT component can be used to convert an HTML page
    --  from a URL, file, or in-memory HTML into an email
    --  with embedded images and style sheets.
    DECLARE @mht int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Mht', @mht OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  Note: This example requires licenses to both "Chilkat Email" and "Chilkat MHT".

    --  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
    DECLARE @success int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, '30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mht, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, '30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mht, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @email int

    --  There are two ways of embedding images in emails: with CIDs
    --  and without.  When using CIDs, the IMG SRC attributes use
    --  urls that begin with "CID:" and the corresponding image
    --  embedded within the email includes a Content-ID header field.
    --  When not using CIDs, the IMG SRC attribute can have a URL,
    --  path, etc. and the corresponding image embedded within
    --  the email has a matching Content-Location header field.

    --  When testing with GMail, if CIDs are used the email will
    --  be displayed with images blocked (by default) unless
    --  the user allows them to be displayed.  Without CIDs,
    --  the images are automatically displayed.

    --  When testing with Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Outlook Express,
    --  embedded images display correctly with our without CIDs.

    --  When testing with Yahoo! Mail, embedded images display OK.
    --  However, the Yahoo! Mail user has the option of blocking
    --  images.  If this is turned on, the CID images will still
    --  display correctly even though images are blocked.  Why?
    --  It's because when viewing the email there is no external
    --  HTTP request to fetch an image.  Therefore, a spammer
    --  cannot get an indication that you've read the email.
    --  However, if CIDs are not used, the images are blocked by
    --  any Yahoo! Mail user that has image blocking turned on --
    --  even though the images are embedded.

    --  I haven't tested Hotmail yet...
    --  Regardless, there is no perfect solution.  If CIDs are used,
    --  GMail users may block your embedded images, if CIDs are not
    --  used, Yahoo! Mail users may block your embedded images.

    --  I recommend setting using CIDs.  This is what Mozilla Thunderbird
    --  does by default, and it's the more clear an unambiguous way
    --  to indicate that images are indeed embedded.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mht, 'UseCids', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mht, 'GetEmail', @email OUT, 'http://www.bonairefishing.com/'
    IF @email Is NULL 
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mht, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'Test HTML email'

    --  This example is tested in:
    --  Outlook 2000, Eudora 7, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9, Outlook Express 6, GMail, Yahoo Mail
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'Chilkat Support', 'support@chilkatsoft.com'

    --  Note: Chilkat does not regularly check our GMail and Yahoo
    --  email accounts.  Please send support email to support@chilkatsoft.com
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'Chilkat on Yahoo', 'chilkat_software@yahoo.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'Chilkat on GMail', 'chilkat.support@gmail.com'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'chilkat@live.com'

    --  Send email using smtp.live.com
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'smtp.live.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'chilkat@live.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'myPassword'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 587
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'StartTLS', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendEmail', @success OUT, @email
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0

        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'CloseSmtpConnection', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0

        RETURN
      END

    PRINT 'HTML Email Sent!'
END
GO