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Asked: 2026-06-12T13:17:15+00:00

I am using Sharing to send text (string) by email. the data I am

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I am using “Sharing” to send text (string) by email.

the data I am sharing is created like this:

string data = "Log Data\n" + "========\n";

data += "Log Type   : " + log.LogType.ToString() + "\n";

data += "Date/Time:   " + log.TimeStamp.ToString( "MM/dd/yy - HH:mm:ss" ) + "\n";

data += "Result:      " + log.Result.ToString() + "\n";

data += "Value1:      " + log.Value1 + "     Value2:      " + log.Value2 + "\n";

data += "Note:        " + log.Note + "\n\n";

the data is prepared and sent in an email. However the “\n” is not interpreted correctly neither before I send (by the Windows 8 mail program) or the receiving side GMail.

The data presented on the send side looks like this:

Log Data ======== Log Type : ToDo Date/Time: 06/05/12 - 08:00:00 Result: Normal Value1: 170 Value2: 0 Note: note 1

The ShareTextHandler is like this:

DataRequest request = e.Request;

request.Data.Properties.Title = "Share Data: ";

request.Data.Properties.Description = "Send Data to an email address";

request.Data.SetText( data );

Was the “\n” changed in Windows 8? or the SetText does something to remove it?

EitanB

UPdate….

Hi,

Tried to do it with HTML:

Tried some test data with HTML like this:
private string PrepareShareData()
{
string CR = System.Environment.NewLine;
string data = string.Empty;

        data += "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Final//EN\">" + CR;
        data += "<html>" + CR;
        data += "<body>" + CR;
        data += "<p>" + CR;
        data += "Log Data" + "<br/>" + CR;
        data += "========" + "<br/>" + CR;
        data += "Line 1" + "<br/>" + CR;
        data += "Line 2" + "<br/>" + CR;
        data += "<p>" + CR;
        data += "</body>" + CR;
        data += "</html>" + CR;

        return data;
        }

Did not work…

Tried also:

    private string PrepareShareData()
        {
        string CR = System.Environment.NewLine;
        string data = string.Empty;

        data += "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Final//EN\">";
        data += "<html>";
        data += "<body>";
        data += "<p>";
        data += "Log Data" + "<br/>";
        data += "========" + "<br/>";
        data += "Line 1" + "<br/>";
        data += "Line 2" + "<br/>";
        data += "<p>";
        data += "</body>";
        data += "</html>";

        return data;
        }

did not work either….

I did create a .HTML file with the notepad that worked fine:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Final//EN">
<html>
<body>
<p>
Log Data<br/>
========<br/>
Line 1<br/>
Line 2<br/>
</p>
</body>
</html>

Is there a mail problem with HTML too or my HTML is wrong?

Thanks,
EitanB

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  1. Editorial Team

    Used:

    var htmlFormat = Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.HtmlFormatHelper.CreateHtmlFormat( data );
request.Data.SetHtmlFormat( htmlFormat );

    Where data is:

            string data = string.Empty;
        string BR = @"<br/>";
        data += @"<html>";
        data += @"<head><title>";
        data += @"<title>";
        data += @"Log Data<br/>";
        data += @"========<br/>";
        data += @"</title>";
        data += @"</head>";
        data += @"<body>";
        data += @"Date/Time:   " + log.TimeStamp.ToString( "MM/dd/yy - HH:mm:ss" ) + BR;
        data += @"Note:        " + log.Note + BR + BR;
        data += @"</body>";
        data += @"</html>";

    too much work to go around Microsoft problem….

    EitanB

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