Nope you have missed nothing; I would say that this would be best done with HTML. Or you could do a csv file that could open into excel or something, or create a word doc on the fly. But with what you want the only thing I can think of is padding the spaces, however not every email client has fixed width fonts which makes it even harder again.
-----Original Message----- From: Parker, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 14 January 2002 11:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Email formatting I need to format a plain text email (I think I need to assume that not everyone can get HTML email) into columns but I don't think this is going to be too easy. Basically the customer wants this: ID Product Name Qty Unit Price Total 45 Safer Posters 1 $20 $20 Hospitality Industry 39 Gettign Back to Living 2 $30 $60 CD-ROM et, etc The problem is that the Product Name column is of varying length so ideally would need to wrap but in Plain Text emails I don't think this is terribly practical without doing a lot of string length calculations but even then how do I get it to wrap at the end of a word rather than half way through it. Anything I've missed that might help. TIA! ********** Kevin Parker Web Services Manager WorkCover Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.workcover.com p: 08 82332548 f: 08 82332000 m: 0418 806 166 ********** ************************************************************************ This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee only. It may contain information that is protected by legislated confidentiality and/or is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are prohibited from disseminating, distributing or copying this e-mail. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail may not necessarily be that of the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia. Although precautions have been taken, the sender cannot warrant that this e-mail or any files transmitted with it are free of viruses or any other defect. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy the original e-mail and any copies. ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
