Return Value To String Builder

[mcfly1204]

I have a method where I am building an html email. Part of the way through the method, I have an if-statement that direct to another method based off of a field. For example:

htmlEmail.Appen d("</div><div class=UnitPrice >");
htmlEmail.Appen d("Unit Price:");
htmlEmail.Appen d("</div></div><hr />");

if (ToCompanyName == "Company1")
getLineItems_Co mpany1(htmlFile , htmlEmail);
else if (ToCompanyName == "Company2")
getLineItems_Co mpany2(htmlFile , htmlEmail);
else if (ToCompanyName == "Company3")
getLineItems_Co mpany(htmlFile, htmlEmail);

htmlEmail.Appen d("</div><hr /><div class=Section5> ");
htmlEmail.Appen d("<div class=Notes>Not es:<br />");

I would like the selected method to insert an additional portion of the string builder. I have tried to return string builder htmlEmail, but this does not work. Thoughts?

[mcfly1204]

Also, the called method should return something such as:

htmlEmail.Appen d("<div class=Line_Item ><div class=LineNum>" );
htmlEmail.Appen dFormat(LineNum 1);
htmlEmail.Appen d("</div><div class=Qty>");
htmlEmail.Appen dFormat(Qty1);
htmlEmail.Appen d("</div><div class=ItemID>") ;
htmlEmail.Appen dFormat(ItemNum 1);
htmlEmail.Appen d("</div><div class=Descripti on>");
htmlEmail.Appen dFormat(Desc1);
htmlEmail.Appen d("</div><div class=UnitPrice >");
htmlEmail.Appen dFormat(UnitPri ce1 + " " + CurrencyCode);
htmlEmail.Appen d("</div></div>");

[Plater]

Pass the string builder by reference

[mcfly1204]

I should have added that previously this worked as expected minus the if-statement. I simply had one method that would return lines to add to the string builder. I will verify that my individual methods are not the issue here.

[Plater]

Try something like:

private static void getLineItems_Company1(string htmlFile, ref System.Text.StringBuilder htmlEmail)
    {
        //
        // No need to have a return value, since the "ref" attribute will handle it
        //
    }
 

[mcfly1204]

Try something like:

private static void getLineItems_Company1(string htmlFile, ref System.Text.StringBuilder htmlEmail)
    {
        //
        // No need to have a return value, since the "ref" attribute will handle it
        //
    }
 

Apparently I was just being sloppy. ToCompanyName should be FromCompanyName . Once changed, things work as expected.

[Plater]

Apparently I was just being sloppy. ToCompanyName should be FromCompanyName . Once changed, things work as expected.

Another victim succumbs to the copy/paste monster.