Sample: Sending of HTML mails

With the FB_SmtpV3Full very extensive email functionalities are available for the PLC. Among other things, the email text is transferred in HTML code, which offers completely new formatting possibilities. This makes it very easy to transfer current measured values or similar in a structured form.

Download: Sample02_Send_Html.zip

Sample: Sending of HTML mails 1:

The mail addresses and the SMTP server data must be adjusted beforehand.

Program variables

PROGRAM MAIN
VAR
fbSmtpFull : FB_SmtpV3_Full;
sMessage_HTML   : STRING := '<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><p>Sent by TwinCAT SMTP.</p></body></html>';
bStart: BOOL;
bBusy: BOOL;
bError: BOOL;
nErrId: UDINT;
END_VAR

Program code

fbSmtpFull(
	sNetId:= '', 				
	sSmtpServer:= 'mail.company.com',		
	sUsername:= '',							
	sPassword:= '',						
	sFrom:= 'machine@company.com',		
	sTo:= 'service@customer.com',			
	nContentType:= 2,                		 
	sSubject:= 'Email from your Beckhoff PLC',
	pMessage:= ADR(sMessage_HTML),	
	cbMessage:= SIZEOF(sMessage_HTML),
	bExecute:= bStart,
	bBusy=> bBusy,
	bError=> bError, 
	nErrId=> nErrId);

IF NOT bError AND NOT bBusy AND bStart THEN
	bStart := FALSE;
END_IF

Requirements

Requirements

Development environment

Target system

PLC libraries to include

TwinCAT v2.10.0 or higher with (x86)

x86 or ARM

TcSmtp.Lib

( Standard.Lib; TcBase.Lib; TcSystem.Lib will be included automatically )