GW8: All newlines disappear when trying to forward a modified email

Question

Hello,
we have encountered a weird behavior working with the Groupwise 8 Object
API. We have created an email and added it to a mailbox, also adding an
attachment (the behavior doesn't appear when the attachment is not
added). When we access that email in the Client, everything is as it
should be. But when we try to forward the email in text (as opposed to
forwarding it as an attachment), all newlines from the text of the email
are removed, both when seen in the HTML- or the PlainText-View. If the
email is forwarded as an attachment, everything is fine, though.
This behavior does not occur in Groupwise 7, though.
Any ideas why this might happen?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards, Martin Schmidt.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the problem. In response to the
answer from the developer, we implemented the following code:
Attachment a = null;
if (GWAcc.Application.MajorVersion >= 8) {
Attachments2 l_O_GW8Attachments = (Attachments2)draftmsgAttachments;
if (attach.DisplayName.ToLower().Equals("text.htm")) {
a = l_O_GW8Attachments.AddEx(attach.LocalFilePath,
attach.DisplayName, "text/htm", null);
} else {
a = l_O_GW8Attachments.AddEx(attach.LocalFilePath,
attach.DisplayName, AttachmentTypeConstants.egwFile,
null);
Still the newlines disappeared after forwarding the mail.
I have submitted a message showing this behavior which was created using
the code above to the developer.
Preston Stephenson wrote:
> The developer replied with:
>
> "When adding the HTML attachment use AddEx passing in "text/htm" for the
> content type. The problem should go away then"
>
> Preston
>
>>>> On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Preston
> Stephenson<[email protected]> wrote:
>> I gave the email to a client developer.
>> He could not recreate the problem. I'm
>> not sure where to do next.
>>
>>>>> On Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Martin
>> Schmidt<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I just did. :‑) The subject is "Wtrlt: Test Vermischter Text
>>> 20091015_7", and it comes from the email address "[email protected]"
>>>
>>> Best regards, Martin Schmidt.
>>>
>>> Preston Stephenson wrote:
>>>> Can you forward / send an email to me that
>>>> demonstrates the problem?
>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Martin
>>>> Schmidt<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> we have encountered a weird behavior working with the Groupwise 8
> Object
>>>>> API. We have created an email and added it to a mailbox, also adding
> an
>>>>> attachment (the behavior doesn't appear when the attachment is not
>>>>> added). When we access that email in the Client, everything is as it
>>>>> should be. But when we try to forward the email in text (as opposed to
>
>>>>> forwarding it as an attachment), all newlines from the text of the
> email
>>>>> are removed, both when seen in the HTML‑ or the PlainText‑View. If
>> the
>>>>> email is forwarded as an attachment, everything is fine, though.
>>>>>
>>>>> This behavior does not occur in Groupwise 7, though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas why this might happen?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards, Martin Schmidt.