Question

The original documentation exists here.

I have already converted the controller action:

Imports ActionMailer.Net.Mvc

    Public Class EmailController
        Inherits MailerBase

        Public Function VerificationEmail(ByVal model As RegisterModel) As EmailResult

            [To].Add(model.Email)
            From = "[e-mail]"
            Subject = "Thanks for registering with us!"
            Return Email("VerificationModel", model)

        End Function

    End Class

And, the view (EmailVerification.html.vbhtml):

@modelType GemcoBlog.RegisterModel

@Code
    Layout = Nothing
End code

Welcome to My Cool Site, @Model.UserName

We need you to verify your email.  Click this nifty link to get verified!

@Html.ActionLink("Verify", "Account", New With {.code = Model.Email})

Thanks!

But, how do I convert this C# code to call the function from within my Register method to VB?

new MailController().VerificationEmail(newUser).Deliver();

I haven’t found anything on the internet describing how to do this in VB, so maybe this post will be helpful for those looking.

As a side note: Could someone please explain to me this syntax [To].Add(model.Email)? I haven’t seen that before. Thanks.

Answer 1

Dim controller = New MailController()
Dim email = controller.VerificationEmail(newUser)
email.Deliver()

or if you prefer one liners:

Call New MailController().VerificationEmail(newUser).Deliver()

As a side note: Could someone please explain to me this syntax
[To].Add(model.Email)? I haven’t seen that before. Thanks.

To is a reserved word in VB. Wrapping it in square brackets ensures that you are not clashing with this reserved keyword.

The equivalent in C# is the @ keyword:

int @int = 123;