How To: A custom workflow(Approval) to send the notification emails with custom message appended at the end

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12/25/2008

task.createWssTask_TaskProperties1.EmailBody = @"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' 'https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'>
<html xmlns='https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xmlns:m='https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml' xmlns:v='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml' xmlns:o='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office'>

<head>
<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
<title>Untitled 1</title>
<style type='text/css'>
table.MsoNormalTable
 {font-size:10.0pt;
 font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';
}
p.MsoNormal
 {margin-bottom:.0001pt;
 font-size:12.0pt;
 font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';
 margin-left: 0in;
 margin-right: 0in;
 margin-top: 0in;
}
a:link
 {color:#003399;
 text-decoration:none;
 text-underline:none;
 text-decoration:none;
 text-line-through:none;
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<body>

<table class='MsoNormalTable' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184'>
 <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'>
 <td style='border: solid #E8EAEC 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E8EAEC .75pt; background: #F8F8F9; padding: 12.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt'>
 
 
 Task assigned by System Account on " + System.DateTime.Today + @".<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'>
 <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #E8EAEC 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:
solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid #E8EAEC .75pt;padding:12.0pt 7.5pt 24.0pt 7.5pt'>
 
 " + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.initFormData["Description"] as string) ? "No instructions were provided." : this.initFormData["Description"] as string) + @"<o:p></o:p>
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'>
 <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #9CA3AD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:
solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid #9CA3AD .75pt;padding:4.0pt 7.5pt 4.0pt 7.5pt'>
 
 To complete this task:<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 1.    
 <![endif]>
 Review
 <a href='https://terminator:30030/s2/Shared%20Documents/README.txt'>
 README.txt</a>.<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 2.    
 <![endif]>
 Perform the specific
 activities required for this task.<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 3.    
 <![endif]>
 Use the Edit this task
 button to mark the task as completed. (If you cannot update this task,
 you might not have access to it. Click
 <a href='https://terminator:30030/s2/Lists/Tasks/DispForm.aspx?ID=11'>
 here</a> to request access.)<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'>
 <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #9CA3AD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:
solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid #9CA3AD .75pt;padding:4.0pt 7.5pt 4.0pt 7.5pt'>
 
 If you are using Word 2007<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 4.    
 <![endif]>
 Review
 <a href='https://terminator:30030/s2/Shared%20Documents/README.txt'>
 doc-approval workflow.</a>.<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 5.    
 <![endif]>
 Perform the specific activities required for this task.<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 6.    
 <![endif]>
 Edit this task
 to mark the task as completed.<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>

<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'>
 <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #9CA3AD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:
solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid #9CA3AD .75pt;padding:4.0pt 7.5pt 4.0pt 7.5pt'>
 
 If you are using Word 2003<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 1.    
 <![endif]>
 do this<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 2.    
 <![endif]>
 do this<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
 <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #9CA3AD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:
solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid #E8EAEC .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid #9CA3AD .75pt;padding:4.0pt 7.5pt 4.0pt 7.5pt'>
 
 If you are using Word xp or 2000<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 1.    
 <![endif]>
 do this<o:p></o:p>
 
 <![if !supportLists]>
 2.    
 <![endif]>
 do this<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>
";
task.createWssTask_TaskProperties1.HasCustomEmailBody = true;
task.createWssTask_TaskProperties1.SendEmailNotification = true;

How To: A custom workflow(Approval) to send the notification emails with custom message appended at the end

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