table style in email script

[raulron]

Hi,

We have a mail script that is included in a notification. basically, it gathers all the approvals of a change request and displays them in a table with some data like last update date, etc.

we simply used template.print("<table>"); to achieve the table structure. But we need to "design" the table so it will look good.

i have tried using the style attribute in the table tag (like i would do in an email body. something like template.print("<table style="border: 1px solid #98bf21; padding: 3px 7px 2px 7px; background-color: #a7c942;">");

but when i check the syntax, i get an error that it is expecting a ) after the style=". i am guessing it is because it encounters a second ".

Is there a way to overcome this and use html style in mail scripts?

Thanks.

[Community Alums]

I think you need to escape the " characters. You probably don't need to use the second " anyways. Try   this:

template.print("<table style=border: 1px solid #98bf21; padding: 3px 7px 2px 7px; background-color: #a7c942>");

[raulron · Accepted solution]

Thanks Tim,

Actually i did something a bit different, but it worked.

I did:

template.print('<table style="border: 1px solid #98bf21; padding: 3px 7px 2px 7px; background-color: #a7c942;">');

[marcguy]

Something I've done before is just called a script include and include all of the HTML formatting in that.

i.e.

<mail script>

mail = new htmlEmail();

template.print(mail.send(current.sys_id));

</mail_script>

[russell_miller]

I take it a step further and use CSS to keep the styling consistent and reduce the need to update a bunch of templates for a simple change.

Posted a howto here: Styles into your emails...