send email

Here's a basic example illustrating these steps:

 

// Controller action method to handle form submission
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SubmitForm(FormViewModel model)
{
    // Send email to the entered email address
    string emailAddress = model.Email; // Assuming 'Email' is a property in your view model
    string emailSubject = "Form Submission Confirmation";
    string emailBody = "Thank you for submitting the form. Here is the data you provided:
" +
                       "Name: " + model.Name + "
" +
                       "Message: " + model.Message; // Assuming 'Name' and 'Message' are properties in your view model

    // Send email
    SendEmail(emailAddress, emailSubject, emailBody);

    // Generate PDF document
    string pdfFilePath = GeneratePdfFromHtml(emailBody);

    // Other logic...

    return View("Confirmation");
}

// Method to send email using System.Net.Mail
private void SendEmail(string to, string subject, string body)
{
    // Configure your email settings (SMTP server, credentials, etc.)
    using (MailMessage message = new MailMessage("[email protected]", to))
    {
        message.Subject = subject;
        message.Body = body;
        message.IsBodyHtml = true;

        using (SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("smtp.yourprovider.com"))
        {
            client.Send(message);
        }
    }
}

// Method to generate PDF from HTML using iTextSharp
private string GeneratePdfFromHtml(string html)
{
    string pdfFilePath = "path/to/save/pdf.pdf";

    // Create a PDF document
    using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(pdfFilePath, FileMode.Create))
    {
        using (Document document = new Document())
        {
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, fs);
            document.Open();

            // Read HTML content
            using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(html))
            {
                // Parse HTML to PDF
                XMLWorkerHelper.GetInstance().ParseXHtml(writer, document, reader);
            }
        }
    }

    return pdfFilePath;
}

Remember to replace placeholders like "[email protected]", "smtp.yourprovider.com", and "path/to/save/pdf.pdf" with your actual email settings and desired file path.