Email smartform in html format

Question

Hello all,
I've been searching SDN for help with creating an email in html format via smartforms. Pavan Bayyapu's blog was really helpful and I've also used program SF_XSF_DEMO_MAIL as the basis for my program.  I followed their examples exactly but my emails always appear as a .MTL attachment, never as just the body of the email. 
I tried removing the file name from lo_mime_helper->set_main_html and from lo_mime_helper->add_binary_part as suggested by some other folks but I haven't had any success.
Has anyone solved this same issue?  Maximum points will be given to helpful suggestions. 
Thank you.

Answer 1

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/59/cd7da407d711d5b66f006094192fe3/content.htm">converting SF to html format</a>
Here is the code to send the Smartform to mail as PDF attachment.
*& Report ZTEST_PDF_MAIL
REPORT ZTEST_PDF_MAIL.
Internal Table declarations
DATA: I_OTF TYPE ITCOO OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
I_TLINE TYPE TABLE OF TLINE WITH HEADER LINE,
I_RECEIVERS TYPE TABLE OF SOMLRECI1 WITH HEADER LINE,
I_RECORD LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
Objects to send mail.
I_OBJPACK LIKE SOPCKLSTI1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
I_OBJTXT LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
I_OBJBIN LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
I_RECLIST LIKE SOMLRECI1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
Work Area declarations
WA_OBJHEAD TYPE SOLI_TAB,
W_CTRLOP TYPE SSFCTRLOP,
W_COMPOP TYPE SSFCOMPOP,
W_RETURN TYPE SSFCRESCL,
WA_DOC_CHNG TYPE SODOCCHGI1,
W_DATA TYPE SODOCCHGI1,
WA_BUFFER TYPE STRING, "To convert from 132 to 255
Variables declarations
V_FORM_NAME TYPE RS38L_FNAM,
V_LEN_IN LIKE SOOD-OBJLEN,
V_LEN_OUT LIKE SOOD-OBJLEN,
V_LEN_OUTN TYPE I,
V_LINES_TXT TYPE I,
V_LINES_BIN TYPE I.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
EXPORTING
FORMNAME = 'ZTEST'
IMPORTING
FM_NAME = V_FORM_NAME
EXCEPTIONS
NO_FORM = 1
NO_FUNCTION_MODULE = 2
OTHERS = 3.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
W_CTRLOP-GETOTF = 'X'.
W_CTRLOP-NO_DIALOG = 'X'.
W_COMPOP-TDNOPREV = 'X'.
CALL FUNCTION V_FORM_NAME
EXPORTING
CONTROL_PARAMETERS = W_CTRLOP
OUTPUT_OPTIONS = W_COMPOP
USER_SETTINGS = 'X'
IMPORTING
JOB_OUTPUT_INFO = W_RETURN
EXCEPTIONS
FORMATTING_ERROR = 1
INTERNAL_ERROR = 2
SEND_ERROR = 3
USER_CANCELED = 4
OTHERS = 5.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
I_OTF[] = W_RETURN-OTFDATA[].
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF'
EXPORTING
FORMAT = 'PDF'
MAX_LINEWIDTH = 132
IMPORTING
BIN_FILESIZE = V_LEN_IN
TABLES
OTF = I_OTF
LINES = I_TLINE
EXCEPTIONS
ERR_MAX_LINEWIDTH = 1
ERR_FORMAT = 2
ERR_CONV_NOT_POSSIBLE = 3
OTHERS = 4.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT I_TLINE.
TRANSLATE I_TLINE USING '~'.
CONCATENATE WA_BUFFER I_TLINE INTO WA_BUFFER.
ENDLOOP.
TRANSLATE WA_BUFFER USING '~'.
DO.
I_RECORD = WA_BUFFER.
APPEND I_RECORD.
SHIFT WA_BUFFER LEFT BY 255 PLACES.
IF WA_BUFFER IS INITIAL.
EXIT.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
Attachment
REFRESH: I_RECLIST,
I_OBJTXT,
I_OBJBIN,
I_OBJPACK.
CLEAR WA_OBJHEAD.
I_OBJBIN[] = I_RECORD[].
Create Message Body Title and Description
I_OBJTXT = 'test with pdf-Attachment!'.
APPEND I_OBJTXT.
DESCRIBE TABLE I_OBJTXT LINES V_LINES_TXT.
READ TABLE I_OBJTXT INDEX V_LINES_TXT.
WA_DOC_CHNG-OBJ_NAME = 'smartform'.
WA_DOC_CHNG-EXPIRY_DAT = SY-DATUM + 10.
WA_DOC_CHNG-OBJ_DESCR = 'smartform'.
WA_DOC_CHNG-SENSITIVTY = 'F'.
WA_DOC_CHNG-DOC_SIZE = V_LINES_TXT * 255.
Main Text
CLEAR I_OBJPACK-TRANSF_BIN.
I_OBJPACK-HEAD_START = 1.
I_OBJPACK-HEAD_NUM = 0.
I_OBJPACK-BODY_START = 1.
I_OBJPACK-BODY_NUM = V_LINES_TXT.
I_OBJPACK-DOC_TYPE = 'RAW'.
APPEND I_OBJPACK.
Attachment (pdf-Attachment)
I_OBJPACK-TRANSF_BIN = 'X'.
I_OBJPACK-HEAD_START = 1.
I_OBJPACK-HEAD_NUM = 0.
I_OBJPACK-BODY_START = 1.
DESCRIBE TABLE I_OBJBIN LINES V_LINES_BIN.
READ TABLE I_OBJBIN INDEX V_LINES_BIN.
I_OBJPACK-DOC_SIZE = V_LINES_BIN * 255 .
I_OBJPACK-BODY_NUM = V_LINES_BIN.
I_OBJPACK-DOC_TYPE = 'PDF'.
I_OBJPACK-OBJ_NAME = 'smart'.
I_OBJPACK-OBJ_DESCR = 'test'.
APPEND I_OBJPACK.
CLEAR I_RECLIST.
I_RECLIST-RECEIVER = '[email protected]'.
I_RECLIST-REC_TYPE = 'U'.
APPEND I_RECLIST.
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'
EXPORTING
DOCUMENT_DATA = WA_DOC_CHNG
PUT_IN_OUTBOX = 'X'
COMMIT_WORK = 'X'
TABLES
PACKING_LIST = I_OBJPACK
OBJECT_HEADER = WA_OBJHEAD
CONTENTS_BIN = I_OBJBIN
CONTENTS_TXT = I_OBJTXT
RECEIVERS = I_RECLIST
EXCEPTIONS
TOO_MANY_RECEIVERS = 1
DOCUMENT_NOT_SENT = 2
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NOT_EXIST = 3
OPERATION_NO_AUTHORIZATION = 4
PARAMETER_ERROR = 5
X_ERROR = 6
ENQUEUE_ERROR = 7
OTHERS = 8.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
WRITE:/ 'Error When Sending the File', SY-SUBRC.
ELSE.
WRITE:/ 'Mail sent'.
ENDIF.
If you want to send some text as Body of the Mail then follow this once
when u r callin the FM'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'.. points to remember
1.u have to pass the body of content in table CONTENTS_TXT(ia m using I_OBJBIN) (each line a record) then. suppose i have appended 11 records to the table CONTENTS_TXT .
2.PACKING_LIST(iam usign I_OBJPACK) table u ahve to append a redord as follows
I_OBJPACK-TRANSF_BIN = ' '.
I_OBJPACK-HEAD_START = 000000000000001.
I_OBJPACK-HEAD_NUM = 000000000000001.
I_OBJPACK-BODY_START = 000000000000002
I_OBJPACK-BODY_NUM = 000000000000010.
I_OBJPACK-DOC_TYPE = 'RAW'.
append I_OBJPACK-.
by the above code system treat the first line in table I_OBJBIN as header and the 2nd line to 10 lines tread as body.
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'
EXPORTING
DOCUMENT_DATA = WA_DOC_CHNG
PUT_IN_OUTBOX = 'X'
TABLES
PACKING_LIST = I_OBJPACK
OBJECT_HEADER = WA_OBJHEAD
CONTENTS_BIN = I_OBJBIN
CONTENTS_TXT = I_OBJTXT
RECEIVERS = I_RECLIST
EXCEPTIONS
TOO_MANY_RECEIVERS = 1
DOCUMENT_NOT_SENT = 2
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NOT_EXIST = 3
OPERATION_NO_AUTHORIZATION = 4
PARAMETER_ERROR = 5
X_ERROR = 6
ENQUEUE_ERROR = 7
OTHERS = 8.
regards,
srinivas
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