HTML signature maker

• Kevin Park
• Published: 06 Jun 2005

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Our IT department requested an easy way to create an HTML signature file that shows a graphic and a link to our Web page for a new product. The nsf that was created displays a non-saved form that gets some default information from another form (URL, graphic location and brief text) as well as user information.

On entering the database, the signature displays a frameset in two frames. Once the "Build Htm" button is pressed from the frame on the left, the frame on the right displays the sig2.htm file that was generated by the button.
 

Build Htm file button on form:

Dim session As New NotesSession
Dim ws As New NotesUIWorkspace
Dim uidoc As NotesUIDocument
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim Cdoc As NotesDocument
 
Set uidoc = ws.CurrentDocument
 Set Cdoc = uidoc.Document
 
Dim fileNum As Integer, empNumber As Integer, 
I As Integer Dim fileName As String, empName 
As String Dim empLocation As Variant direc = "c:signature" 
 
On Error Resume Next
 
directory$ = Dir( direc, 16 )
If directory$ = "" Then Mkdir(direc)
 
fileNum% = Freefile()
fileName$ = direc & "sig2.htm" 
 
Open fileName$ For Output As fileNum%
 
aline$ = "&ltHTML>"
Print #fileNum%, aline$
 
bline$ = "&ltHEAD>" 
Print #fileNum%, bline$
 
Write #fileNum%, "&ltTITLE></TITLE>"
 
cline$ = "</HEAD>"
Print #fileNum%, cline$
 
dline$ = "&ltBODY LINK='#0000ff' VLINK='#800080'>"
Print #fileNum%, dline$
 
eline$ =  "&ltFONT SIZE=2>" & 
session.commonusername & "&ltbr>"
 Print #fileNum%, eline$
 
fline$ = "&ltb>&lti>" & uidoc.FieldGetText
( "title" ) & "</b></i> - 
&ltA HREF='http://www.phdinc.com
/'>&ltI>&ltFONT FACE='Arial' SIZE=2&gtPHD, Inc.
</I></FONT></A>&ltbr>" 
 Print #fileNum%, fline$
 
If Trim(uidoc.FieldGetText( "email")) <>"" Then
  fline$ = "&ltA HREF='" & uidoc.FieldGetText( "email") 
& "'>" & uidoc.FieldGetText( "email") & "</A>&ltbr>"  
Print #fileNum%, fline$  
End If
 
If Trim(uidoc.FieldGetText( "phone")) <>"" Then
fline$ = "Phone: " & uidoc.FieldGetText( "phone") & "&ltbr>"  
Print #fileNum%, fline$  
End If
 
gline$ =  "&ltFONT FACE='Arial' SIZE=2>
*********************************************&ltBR>
&ltIMG SRC='prodgraph.gif' WIDTH=108
 HEIGHT=36></FONT>&ltB>&ltFONT 
FACE='Arial'>&ltBR></B></FONT>"
Print #fileNum%, gline$
 
gline$ = uidoc.FieldGetText( "htmNote") Print #fileNum%, gline$
 
hline$ = "</FONT>&ltA HREF='" & uidoc.FieldGetText
( "urladd") & "'>" & uidoc.FieldGetText( "urladd") & "</A>&ltbr>"
Print #fileNum%, hline$
 
iline$ =  "</BODY>"
Print #fileNum%, iline$
 
jline$ =  "</HTML>"
Print #fileNum%, jline$
 
Close fileNum%
 
tmpG$ = Trim(uidoc.FieldGetText( "tGraphic")) 
If tmpG$ <> "" Then
 Filecopy tmpG$, "C:signatureprodgraph.gif"
End If

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You can do the same thing in Microsoft Word Word. Just format your document and save as 'unfiltered HTML.'

—Linda L.

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I'm much more interested in knowing how to get the same html-file in both the client AND in Lotus Notes.

—Anders M.

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