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How do I embed images into HTML emails sent from Lasernet?

Last updated: 30 Oct 2023 by Kacper Dylewski

You can create an email in Lasernet via an XHTML form or by populating the JobInfo ‘MailBodyHTML’ via a script.

Image source

The image source needs to be decided. There are three options:

Option one

Local: an image on a local drive or network. This will only display for recipients with access to this location:

Location

img src="smiley.gif"alt="Smiley face">
img src="/subfolder/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face">
img src="c:\images\smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face">

Option two
Remote: a remote image on the Internet or Intranet. This is the most common way for images to be embedded into an email.
Location
<img src="http://server/images/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face" />
<img src="http://server.com/images/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face" />

Option three

Embedded: Base64 encoded image data. Note: Not all browsers/email clients can display this. The image will need to be converted using an external tool or via the XHMTL form engine.

Location

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Once the image source has been decided, then the image can be added to the email using one of the following two ways:

XHTML Output Form

XHTML output format requires the XML Output licence option (contact our sales department if you need this functionality). Once this is done, follow these steps: 1. Set the Input and Output formats within the Form Properties window:

2. Select the Template tab on the form and using the Image tool, insert images from a local file or a remote URL.

Images can also be pasted into the form and encoded as base64.

3. Once the image is inserted into the template, open Sheet Options and click the Combining tab to embed the data into the JobInfo MailBodyHTML. 4. Click the Sheet Embedding tab, select the JobInfo radio button and ensure MailBodyHTML is selected on the dropdown menu 5. Click Apply and then OK.

Script/JobInfo

Below is a script example applied on an Enter Modifier on a Mail Output module:

Script

var x= "html><body>
<h1>Email Test</h1>

<img src="https://www.efstechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EFS-Interview-Fintech.png"/>

</body></html>" setJobInfo("MailBodyHTML",x)

The email produced from using the above script: