Send an e-mail with rtf text in delphi

Question

I would like to perform the following task: converting a TRichEdit content (an rtf text) into a not-plain-text e-mail message body.

MAPI doesn't support rtf, but is there a way to do it maybe with Indy?

The problem is that rtf is rtf and emails are plain text or HTML.

Can someone suggest a trick? Is it possible to convert rtf to text using TWebBrowser?

Basically the scenario is:
1) User writes email in a delphi form,
2) The email is then sent with MAPI to the default mail client (so a new email window is generated, and the message body is the same I had in delphi form)
3) User sends the email from mail client

Anyway MAPI accepts only plain text.

UPDATE:

Trying with Indy I wrote this but still it doesn't work, as I send a mail it to my gmail account I recieve a message with empty body and NONAME fake attachment.

uses IdMessageBuilder;


procedure SendMail;
var
  MBuilder: TIdMessageBuilderRtf;
  MyMemoryStream: TMemoryStream;
begin
  try
    MBuilder := TIdMessageBuilderRtf.Create;
    MyMemoryStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
    MBuilder.RtfType := idMsgBldrRtfRichtext;
    // RichEdit1 has PlainText set to False
    // at design time I pasted some formatted text onto it
    RichEdit1.Lines.SaveToStream(MyMemoryStream);
    MBuilder.Rtf.LoadFromStream(MyMemoryStream);
    MBuilder.FillMessage(IdMessage1);
    IdSMTP1.Connect;
    IdSMTP1.Send(IdMessage1);
    IdSMTP1.Disconnect;
  finally
    MyMemoryStream.Free;
    MBuilder.Free;
  end;
end;

Answer 1

Indy supports sending RTF emails. Send an email the same way you would send an HTML email, just use the "text/rtf", "text/enriched", or "text/richtext" Context-Type, and send the raw RTF codes that are generated by TRichEdit when its PlainText property is set to false. Also, if you are using Indy 10, look at its TIdMessageBuilderRtf class to set up the TIdMessage structure correctly.

Answer 2

Is it possible to convert rtf to text using TWebBrowser?

You can convert RTF to Text using TRichEdit - but obviously this loses all formatting:

Using TRichEdit at runtime without defining a parent

2: You can find a number of RTF to HTML converters online - some free, some not. Like these:

http://wiki.delphi-jedi.org/wiki/JVCL_Help:TJvRichEditToHtml https://www.habarisoft.com/scroogexhtml_delphi.html http://www.easybyte.com/products/rtf2html.html

http://www.sautinsoft.com/products/rtf-to-html/index.php

3: You can rename the noname attachment as NONAME.MHT and it should then be openable with internet explorer.

However you might want to consider using an HTML edit control, rather than a TRichEdit. Then you have no conversion to worry about. Something like this question:-

WYSIWYG HTML Editor Component for Delphi

Answer 3

Apparently (googled this myself, as I mail some from Delphi, but not in this case), the PR_RTF_COMPRESSED option of (extended) MAPI may help you here. Also look at this .