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Function to allow advanced table styling in HTML based emails opened in Outlook
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Function Convertto-OutlookHTMLTable { | |
Param( | |
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='CSVInput')] | |
[string]$CSVFile, | |
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='CSVInput')] | |
[string]$Delimiter = ',', | |
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='InputObject')] | |
[object]$InputObject, | |
[string]$CSS, | |
[string]$CSSFile | |
) | |
#region CSSSetup | |
if ($CSS) { | |
$csssplit = $Css -split '\n|\r' | ?{$_} | |
} elseif ($CSSFile){ | |
$csssplit = Get-Content $CSSFile | ?{$_} | |
} else { | |
Write-Error -Message 'No CSS Specified' -ErrorAction Stop | |
} | |
# Since css/html in outlook is bad (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338201(v=office.12).aspx) | |
# The below code takes the css for col(n) and "tbody tr:nth-child(odd/even)" and tries to combine them | |
# The priority is col > tr | |
If($csssplit -contains "tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {"){ | |
$i = 0 | |
$s = 0 | |
$e = 0 | |
$csssplit | ForEach-Object{ | |
$i++ | |
If($_.Trim() -eq "tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {"){ | |
$s = $i | |
} | |
If(($e -lt $s) -and ($_.Trim() -eq "}")){ | |
$e = $i-2 | |
} | |
} | |
$oddstyle = "style=`"" + ($csssplit[$s..$e] -join '') + '"' | |
} | |
If($csssplit -contains "tbody tr:nth-child(even) {"){ | |
$i = 0 | |
$s = 0 | |
$e = 0 | |
$csssplit | ForEach-Object{ | |
$i++ | |
If($_.Trim() -eq "tbody tr:nth-child(even) {"){ | |
$s = $i | |
} | |
If(($e -lt $s) -and ($_.Trim() -eq "}")){ | |
$e = $i-2 | |
} | |
} | |
$evenstyle = "style=`"" + ($csssplit[$s..$e] -join '') + '"' | |
} | |
#endregion CSSSetup | |
#region CSVSetup | |
if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'CSVInput'){ | |
$InputObject = Import-Csv $CSVFile -Delimiter $Delimiter | |
} | |
$Columns = $InputObject[0].PSObject.Properties.Name | |
#Generate Column CSS (as col1, col2, col3 etc) | |
$colgroups = 1..($Columns.Count) | ForEach-Object{"<col class=`"col$_`" />"} | |
$colgroup = "<colgroup>$colgroups</colgroup>" | |
#Create table headers | |
$tableheaders = $Columns | ForEach-Object{"<th>$_</th>"} | |
$thead = "<thead><tr>$tableheaders</tr></thead>" | |
#endregion CSVSetup | |
#region BuildRows | |
$i = 0 | |
$tablerows = $InputObject | ForEach-Object { | |
$i++ | |
$c = 0 | |
$ThisFormattedRow = $_.psobject.properties | ForEach-Object{ | |
$c++ | |
$ci = 0 | |
$s = 0 | |
$e = 0 | |
$font = $null | |
$style = $null | |
If($csssplit -contains ".col$c {"){ | |
$csssplit | ForEach-Object{ | |
$ci++ | |
If($_.Trim() -eq ".col$c {"){ | |
$s = $ci | |
} | |
If(($e -lt $s) -and ($_.Trim() -eq "}")){ | |
$e = $ci-2 | |
} | |
} | |
$csssplit[$s..$e] | ForEach-Object{ | |
If($_.Trim().Startswith("color:")){ | |
$font = $_.Trim().replace(';','') | |
$font = $font.Split(':')[0].trim()+"=`""+$font.Split(':')[1].trim()+"`"" | |
} | |
Else{$style+=$_.Trim()} | |
} | |
If($null -ne $font){ | |
$fstyle = "<font $font>" | |
} | |
$cstyle = "style=`"$style`"" | |
} | |
if($null -ne $font){$t = "$fstyle$($_.value)</font></td>"} | |
else{$t = "$($_.value)</td>"} | |
If($null -ne $style){$s = "<td $cstyle>"} | |
else{$s = "<td>"} | |
"$s$t" | |
} | |
If($i%2 -eq 1) { | |
"<tr $evenstyle>$ThisFormattedRow</tr>" | |
} else { | |
"<tr $oddstyle>$ThisFormattedRow</tr>" | |
} | |
} | |
#endregion BuildRows | |
$tbody = "<tbody>$tablerows</tbody>" | |
$table = -join('<table>',$colgroup,$thead,$tbody,'</table>') | |
Return $table | |
} |
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