Email Programming:
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Outbound Email Services:
To send the Emails to the people
Salesforce provides the below 2 Classes.
1. System.Messaging.SingleEmailMessage class
2. System.Messaging.MassEmailMessage Class
Inbound Email Services:
Used to receive the email notifications from the external email id's.
Salesforce provides the below interface.
1. System.Messaging.InboundEmailHandler interface
SingleEmailMessage Class:
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By using this class, we can send the email notifications to one or more users with
the required subject, content, attachments, CC Addresses and BCC address
dynamically at runtime.
It provides a set of readymade methods to be get used to send the email
notifications. All the instance methods.
Syntax:
System.Messaging.SingleEmailMessage <objectName> = new
System.Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
Ex:
System.Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new
System.Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
Methods:
1. SetToAddresses(<List Of Addresses>) :
(Max.Of 100 Email Id's)
String[] toAddresses = new
string[]{'sample@gmail.com','hr@dell.com'};
email.SetToAddresses(toAddresses);
2. SetCCAddresses(<List Of CC Addresses>):
(Max.Of 25 Email Id's)
String[] ccAddresses = new
string[]{'sample@gmail.com','hr@dell.com'};
email.SetCCAddresses(ccAddresses);
3. SetBCCAddresses(<List Of BCC Addresses>):
(Max.Of 25 Email Id's)
String[] bccAddresses = new
string[]{'sample@gmail.com','hr@dell.com'};
email.SetBCCAddresses(bccAddresses);
4. SetSubject(<Email Subject>):
Subject of the Email Notification.
email.SetSubject('Congratulations..!! Your Record Created.');
5. SetSenderDisplayName(<Sender Display Name>):
email.SetSenderDisplayName('Reminder : CITI Bank Credit Card
Department.');
6. SetReplyTo(<Reply To Email ID>):
email.SetReplyTo('cardcare@citibank.com');
7. SetPlainTextBody(<Plain Text Email content>):
email.SetPlainTextBody(<Email Content>);
8. SetHTMLBody(<HTML Content>):
email.SetHTMLBody(<HTML Email Body>);
9. SetFileAttachments(List<EmailFileAttachment>):
To Send the Email:
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System.Messaging.SendEmailResult[] <results> =
system.Messaging.SendEmail(List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>);
(OR)
System.Messaging.SendEmail(new
System.Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[]{<objectName>});
/*
Write an apex program, To Insert 5 Lead Records into the object. And send the
Email Notification to the Lead People with the Lead Details.
And include the Email Content inside a "PDF File" and attach the PDF file
along with the Email Content as an attachment.
*/
Class Code:
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public class MessagingUtility
{
Public static void InsertBulkLeadRecords(integer maxRecords)
{
if(maxRecords > 0)
{
List<Lead> lstLeads = new List<Lead>();
for(integer counter = 1; counter <= maxRecords; counter++)
{
Lead ld = new Lead();
ld.FirstName = 'Bulk';
ld.LastName = 'Test Lead'+ counter;
ld.Email = 'bulk'+counter+'@gmail.com';
ld.Company = 'Cognizant Inc.,';
ld.Status = 'Open - Not Contacted';
ld.Industry = 'Finance';
ld.Rating = 'Hot';
ld.AnnualRevenue = 5800000;
ld.Phone = '9900998899';
ld.Fax = '9900887766';
ld.Website = 'www.cognizant.com';
lstLeads.Add(ld);
}
if(! lstLeads.isEmpty())
{
Insert lstLeads;
// Call the method to send the email alerts..
SendEmailNotificationsToLeads(lstLeads);
}
}
}
Public static void SendEmailNotificationsToLeads(List<Lead> leadRecords)
{
List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage> lstEmails = new
List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>();
if(! leadRecords.isEmpty())
{
for(Lead ld : leadRecords)
{
// Prepare the email content..
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
string[] toAddresses = new string[]{'ferozjani@gmail.com',
ld.Email};
email.setToAddresses(toAddresses);
string[] ccAddresses = new string[]{'ferozjani@gmail.com',
ld.Email};
//email.setCcAddresses(ccAddresses);
string[] bccAddresses = new string[]{'ferozjani@gmail.com',
ld.Email};
//email.setBccAddresses(bccAddresses);
email.setSenderDisplayName('Reminder : CITI Bank Credit Card
Department.');
email.setReplyTo('enquiry@citi.com');
string emailSubject = 'Congratulations '+ ld.FirstName + ' '+
ld.LastName + ' ..!! Your Lead Record has been Created Successfully.';
email.setSubject(emailSubject);
string emailContent = 'Dear '+ ld.FirstName+ ' '+ ld.lastname+ ',
<br/> <br/>'+
'Thanks for showing your interest in our organization
products. <br/><br/>'+
'We are pleased to inform you, that your Lead Record has
been created successfully inside our Database for future reference.<br/><br/>'+
'Here are your Lead Details... <br/><br/>'+
'Lead Name : '+ ld.FirstName + ' '+ ld.LastName+
'<br/> Lead Record ID : '+ ld.Id+
'<br/> Company Name is...: '+ ld.Company+
'<br/> Lead Status .....: '+ ld.Status+
'<br/> Industry Name.....: '+ ld.Industry+
'<br/> Annual Revenue is...: '+ ld.AnnualRevenue+
'<br/> Rating Value is...: '+ ld.Rating+
'<br/> Contact Number is...: '+ ld.Phone +
'<br/> Fax Number is.....: '+ ld.Fax+
'<br/><br/> *** This is an auto-generated email. Please Do
Not Reply.'+
'<br/><br/> Please contact on the below address, if any
queries.'+
'<br/><br/> Thanks & Regards, <br/> Dell Sales Team <br/>
Dell Inc.';
email.setHtmlBody(emailContent);
List<Messaging.EmailFileAttachment> lstAttachments = new
List<Messaging.EmailFileAttachment>();
// Preparing the Attachments...
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment attach = new
Messaging.EmailFileAttachment();
attach.setFileName(ld.FirstName + ' '+ ld.LastName+'.pdf');
attach.body = Blob.toPdf(emailContent);
// Add the attachment to the collection..
lstAttachments.Add(attach);
// Add the Attachments to the Email...
email.setFileAttachments(lstAttachments);
// Add the email alert to the collection..
lstEmails.Add(email);
}
if(! lstEmails.isEmpty())
{
Messaging.SendEmailResult[] results =
Messaging.sendEmail(lstEmails, false);
}
}
}
}
Execution:
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// Invoking the method..
MessagingUtility.InsertBulkLeadRecords(3);
