[BUG] EPiServer.Forms 4.4.4: Emails with placeholders of multilin

[BUG] EPiServer.Forms 4.4.4: Emails with placeholders of multiline fields in the subject fails to send

Dennis Milandt

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Set up a form with a multiline field.
Set up an email to be sent, and set the subject to the placeholder for the multiline field.
Fill in the form with multiple lines of text in the field.
The email doesn't get sent.

EPiServer.Forms doesn't handle subjects containing linebreaks. They should be removed. .NET fails to set the subject if the string contains a line break.

2017-03-24 12:51:42.456 +01:00 [Error] Failed to send email
System.ArgumentException: The specified string is not in the form required for a subject.
 at System.Net.Mail.Message.set_Subject(String value)
 at EPiServer.Forms.Implementation.Actors.SendEmailAfterSubmissionActor.SendMessage(EmailTemplateActorModel emailConfig)
System.ArgumentException: The specified string is not in the form required for a subject.
 at System.Net.Mail.Message.set_Subject(String value)
 at EPiServer.Forms.Implementation.Actors.SendEmailAfterSubmissionActor.SendMessage(EmailTemplateActorModel emailConfig)

#176744

Edited, Mar 24, 2017 12:05

Thach

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Thank you, we filed a bug AFORM-695

Though not practical, we will replace \n with <space> or <dot> or <slash>

#176773

Edited, Mar 27, 2017 6:50

Dennis Milandt

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<p>That was our solution too - we had to implement a new SendEmailAfterSubmissionActor overriding the built in one that replaced line-breaks in the subject line.</p>

#176774

Mar 27, 2017 8:47

Thach

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What charactor do you replace with?

Subject line of email is one-line only. I still don't think map a multiple-lines field to it make a lot of sense.

#176780

Mar 27, 2017 10:38

Dennis Milandt

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Of course inserting a placeholder for a multiline field in the subject does not make a lot of sense. However it's a feature in EPiServer.Forms that you can do that, so of course an editor will sometimes do it.

We replaced all whitespace(s) in the subject with single spaces like this:

string subject = this._placeHolderService.Service.Replace(emailConfig.Subject, subjectPlaceHolders, false);
subject = Regex.Replace(subject, @"\s+", " ");

#176781

Mar 27, 2017 10:43

Thach

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AFORM-695 is DONE with Forms 4.5

#177671

Apr 17, 2017 12:59

Dennis Milandt

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<p>Thank you. We will upgrade, and I will get back to you here if we experience any problems.</p>

#177767

Apr 19, 2017 9:08

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[BUG] EPiServer.Forms 4.4.4: Emails with placeholders of multiline fields in the subject fails to send