EmbeddedMailObject.Path Property
Definition
Important
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Gets or sets the path that is used to retrieve an item to embed in a mail message constructed with the MailDefinition class.
public:
property System::String ^ Path { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };public string Path { get; set; }member this.Path : string with get, setPublic Property Path As StringProperty Value
Returns the path to the item to embed in a mail message.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates an ASP.NET page that uses a ChangePassword Web control, and includes an event handler for the SendingMail event named SendingMail. The code example assumes that the ASP.NET Web site has been configured to use ASP.NET membership and Forms authentication, and that a user has been created whose name and password are known to you. For more information, see How to: Implement Simple Forms Authentication.
If the password change succeeds, the code in the SendingMail event handler attempts to send an email message to the user to confirm the change. SMTP must already be configured on the server in order for this code example to work. For information about how to configure an SMTP server, see How to: Install and Configure SMTP Virtual Servers in IIS 6.0. For the purposes of this example, it is not necessary to configure an SMTP server; the example is constructed to test for a failure to send an email message.
If a mail server is not configured correctly or some other error occurs and the email message cannot be sent, the SendMailError function is called. A message is displayed to the user. In addition, an event is logged to the Windows Application event log with the assumption that an event source named MySamplesSite already exists. See the code example below to create the specified event source. For more information about creating an event source, see Server Event Handling in ASP.NET Web Forms Pages. The Handled property of the SendMailErrorEventArgs object is set to true to indicate that the error has been handled.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void MySendingMail(object sender, MailMessageEventArgs e)
{
Message1.Text = "Sent mail to you to confirm the password change.";
}
void MySendMailError(object sender, SendMailErrorEventArgs e)
{
Message1.Text = "Could not send email to confirm password change.";
// The MySamplesSite event source has already been created by an administrator.
System.Diagnostics.EventLog myLog = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog();
myLog.Log = "Application";
myLog.Source = "MySamplesSite";
myLog.WriteEntry(
"Sending mail via SMTP failed with the following error: " +
e.Exception.Message.ToString(),
System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Error);
e.Handled = true;
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ChangePassword including a SendMailError Event</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div style="text-align:center">
<h1>ChangePassword</h1>
<asp:LoginView ID="LoginView1" Runat="server"
Visible="true">
<LoggedInTemplate>
<asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" Runat="server" FormatString="You are logged in as {0}." />
<br />
</LoggedInTemplate>
<AnonymousTemplate>
You are not logged in
</AnonymousTemplate>
</asp:LoginView><br />
<asp:ChangePassword ID="ChangePassword1" Runat="server"
BorderStyle="Solid"
BorderWidth="1"
CancelDestinationPageUrl="~/Default.aspx"
DisplayUserName="true"
OnSendingMail="MySendingMail"
OnSendMailError="MySendMailError"
ContinueDestinationPageUrl="~/Default.aspx" >
<MailDefinition
BodyFileName="~\MailFiles\ChangePasswordMail.htm"
Subject="Activity information for you">
<EmbeddedObjects>
<asp:EmbeddedMailObject Name="LoginGif" Path="~\MailFiles\Login.gif" />
<asp:EmbeddedMailObject Name="PrivacyNoticeTxt" Path="~\MailFiles\PrivacyNotice.txt" />
</EmbeddedObjects>
</MailDefinition>
</asp:ChangePassword><br />
<asp:Label ID="Message1" Runat="server" ForeColor="Red" /><br />
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" Runat="server"
NavigateUrl="~/Default.aspx">
Home
</asp:HyperLink>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Public Sub MySendingMail(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As MailMessageEventArgs)
Message1.Text = "Sent mail to you to confirm the password change."
End Sub
Public Sub MySendMailError(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As SendMailErrorEventArgs)
Message1.Text = "Could not send mail to confirm the password change."
' The MySamplesSite event source has already been created by an administrator.
Dim myLog As System.Diagnostics.EventLog
myLog = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog
myLog.Log = "Application"
myLog.Source = "MySamplesSite"
myLog.WriteEntry("Sending mail via SMTP failed with the following error: " & e.Exception.Message.ToString(), System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Error)
e.Handled = True
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ChangePassword including a SendMailError Event</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div style="text-align:center">
<h1>ChangePassword</h1>
<asp:LoginView ID="LoginView1" Runat="server"
Visible="true">
<LoggedInTemplate>
<asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" Runat="server" FormatString="You are logged in as {0}." />
<br />
</LoggedInTemplate>
<AnonymousTemplate>
You are not logged in
</AnonymousTemplate>
</asp:LoginView><br />
<asp:ChangePassword ID="ChangePassword1" Runat="server"
BorderStyle="Solid"
BorderWidth="1"
CancelDestinationPageUrl="~/Default.aspx"
DisplayUserName="true"
OnSendingMail="MySendingMail"
OnSendMailError="MySendMailError"
ContinueDestinationPageUrl="~/Default.aspx" >
<MailDefinition
BodyFileName="~\MailFiles\ChangePasswordMail.htm"
Subject="Activity information for you">
<EmbeddedObjects>
<asp:EmbeddedMailObject Name="LoginGif" Path="~\MailFiles\Login.gif" />
<asp:EmbeddedMailObject Name="PrivacyNoticeTxt" Path="~\MailFiles\PrivacyNotice.txt" />
</EmbeddedObjects>
</MailDefinition>
</asp:ChangePassword><br />
<asp:Label ID="Message1" Runat="server" ForeColor="Red" /><br />
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" Runat="server"
NavigateUrl="~/Default.aspx">
Home
</asp:HyperLink>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Use the following code example if you need to programmatically add the event source named MySamplesSite to your Application log. This event source must exist in order for the first code example to work correctly. The following code example requires Administrator privileges.
#region Using directives
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
#endregion
namespace CreateEventSource
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
// Create the source, if it does not already exist.
if (!EventLog.SourceExists("MySamplesSite"))
{
EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySamplesSite", "Application");
Console.WriteLine("Creating Event Source");
}
// Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
EventLog myLog = new EventLog();
myLog.Source = "MySamplesSite";
// Write an informational entry to the event log.
myLog.WriteEntry("Testing writing to event log.");
Console.WriteLine("Message written to event log.");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception:");
Console.WriteLine("{0}", e.ToString());
}
}
}
}
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Diagnostics
Namespace CreateEventSource
Class Program
Sub Main()
Try
' Create the source, if it does not already exist.
If Not (EventLog.SourceExists("MySamplesSite")) Then
EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySamplesSite", "Application")
Console.WriteLine("Creating Event Source")
End If
' Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
Dim myLog As New EventLog
myLog.Source = "MySamplesSite"
' Write an informational entry to the event log.
myLog.WriteEntry("Testing writing to event log.")
Console.WriteLine("Message written to event log.")
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Exception:")
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
The following example code can be used as the ChangePasswordMail.htm file for the preceding example code.
Important
Sending user account names or passwords in an email message is a potential security threat. Email messages are typically sent in plain text and can be read by special network "sniffing" applications. To improve security, use the mitigations that are described in Securing Login Controls.
<html>
<head><title></title></head>
<body>
<form>
<h1>Your password for the account named "<%Username%>" has changed.</h1>
<p>
If you did not initiate this change, please call 1-206-555-0100.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.contoso.com/login.aspx">
<img src="cid:LoginGif" alt="Log In" />
</a>
</p>
<p>
Please read our attached Privacy Notice.
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The Path property specifies the path to the item you want to embed in the mail message constructed declaratively with the MailDefinition object. The file path in Path must be a path such as C:\MyServer\Banner.gif. Typically, the embedded item is an image file. If an image file is referenced by its identifier in the mail message but not included in the message, the image appears as a broken attachment when the email message is viewed.
It is a best practice for accessibility design to set the alternate text property in your mail message for any embedded images.
