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From:	"Cannot convert string in Any variable"	Date:	Fri Nov  7 15:53:06 2008
Subject:	Re: Bruce Armstrong's SMTP CCW example

> Try string (lower case) rather than String (leading cap).
>
> public string sendMail()
>
> String (leading cap) is a .Net system class:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.aspx
>
> string (lower case) is a simple text string:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/362314fe.aspx
>
> Isn't .Net fun?
>
> <Aron Cox> wrote in message
> > news:48738c23.6263.1681692777@sybase.com... Hi, I need
> > to call a .NET assembly from PB 10.5. I found Bruce
> > Armstrong's SMTP example on Codexhange, downloaded it
> and it worked, I can send emails via SMTP in .NET, great.
> > > However I did a simple thing, changed the 'public
> > void' to a 'public String' and returned a string after
> > sending the email. I am unable to get that to work, and
> > in fact can't get any data back in this way or by
> > querying the objects, i.e. 'ls_var = ole_obj.var1' even
> > though I can set them (lole_smtp.var1 = "xyz") fine. I
> > can set data but not get it.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to whether this is
> > possible, and if it is what I'm doing wrong? Here's my
> code: >
> > .NET Code ===>
> > using System;
> > using System.Collections.Generic;
> > using System.Text;
> > using System.Net.Mail;
> >
> > namespace DotNetSMTP
> > {
> > public class DotNetSMTP
> > {
> > private String senderName;
> >
> > public String SenderName
> > {
> > get { return senderName; }
> > set { senderName = value; }
> > }
> > private String senderEmail;
> > public String SenderEmail
> > {
> > get { return senderEmail; }
> > set { senderEmail = value; }
> > }
> > private String smtpServer;
> > public String SmtpServer
> > {
> > get { return smtpServer; }
> > set { smtpServer = value; }
> > }
> > private String recipientEmail;
> > public String RecipientEmail
> > {
> > get { return recipientEmail; }
> > set { recipientEmail = value; }
> > }
> > private String subject;
> > public String Subject
> > {
> > get { return subject; }
> > set { subject = value; }
> > }
> > private String ccEmail = "";
> > public String CcEmail
> > {
> > get { return ccEmail; }
> > set { ccEmail = value; }
> > }
> > private String bccEmail = "";
> > public String BccEmail
> > {
> > get { return bccEmail; }
> > set { bccEmail = value; }
> > }
> > private bool isHTML = false;
> > public bool IsHTML
> > {
> > get { return isHTML; }
> > set { isHTML = value; }
> > }
> > private String messageText;
> > public String MessageText
> > {
> > get { return messageText; }
> > set { messageText = value; }
> > }
> > public String sendMail()
> > {
> > SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
> > MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
> >
> > MailAddress fromAddress = new
> > MailAddress(senderEmail, senderName);
> > smtpClient.Host = smtpServer;
> > smtpClient.Port = 25;
> > message.From = fromAddress;
> > message.To.Add(recipientEmail);
> > message.Subject = subject;
> > if (!ccEmail.Equals(""))
> > {
> > message.CC.Add(ccEmail);
> > }
> > if (!bccEmail.Equals(""))
> > {
> > message.Bcc.Add(ccEmail);
> > }
> > message.IsBodyHtml = isHTML;
> > message.Body = messageText;
> >
> > System.Net.NetworkCredential
> > basicAuthentication = new
> > System.Net.NetworkCredential("<mylogin>",
> > "<mypassword>");
> > smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
> smtpClient.Credentials = basicAuthentication; >
> > smtpClient.Send(message);
> >
> > return "Hooray";
> >
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > PB Code ==>
> >
> > ls_string = lole_smtp.SendMail()
> >
> > Error message ==>
> > Fails with 'Cannot convert string in any variable to
> > string' (something like that anyway).
>
>