RazorEngine Example Template

RazorEngine_Example_Template.cs

//using the RazorEngine  @http://razorengine.codeplex.com/
// I am using this with ASP.NET forms (.NET 4.0) for email templates 
// 1. Email HTML Templates  Location:
//   ~/templates/email/MyEmailTemplate.cshtml (name something useful like Page, Master where email is being sent)
 


//Helper methods - put this shit in a common helper class like below:

using RazorEngine;
using RazorEngine.Configuration;
using RazorEngine.Templating;
using System.Web;

//Template Helper Class 
public class TemplateHelper
{
	
	//get the raw template content from file system
	public static string GetTemplateContent(string filePath)
	{
	    string fileContent = string.Empty;
	    if (File.Exists(filePath))
	    {
	        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filePath))
	        {
	            fileContent = reader.ReadToEnd();
	        }
	    }
	    return fileContent;
	}

	//get the parsed template content 
	public static string GetParsedEmailBodyForModel(ModelEntity model)
	{
	    string template = TemplateHelper.GetTemplateContent(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(path_to_the_Models_Template));
	    string bodyText = string.Empty;
	    var config = new TemplateServiceConfiguration
	    {
	        BaseTemplateType = typeof(MyCustomEmailTemplateBase<>)
	    };

	    using (var service = new TemplateService(config))
	    {
	        Razor.SetTemplateService(service);
	        bodyText = Razor.Parse(template, project);
	    }
	    return bodyText;
	}

	public class MyCustomEmailTemplateBase<T> : TemplateBase<T>
	{
		//this method is just a sample to use within the Razor template - takes some int Id and returns entity(ORM)
	    public string MyMethodToUseWithinTheTemplate(int objectid)
	    {
	        return new ObjectEntity(objectid).Name;
	    }
	}

}



//MyEmailTemplate.cshtml 
<!--- template start -->
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
    <tr><td width="200">Project Name:</td><td>@Model.Projectname</td></tr>  
    <tr>
        <td width="200">Created Date:</td>
        <td>@Model.CreatedDate.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")</td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td colspan="2">
            <b>Project Lines:</b><hr/>
            @{int projectnumber = 1;}
            @foreach(var projectline in @Model.ProjectLineItems){
                <text>
                   <b>@projectnumber. Project Category : @GetProjectCategoryname(Convert.ToInt32(projectline.ProjectCategory)) </b><br/>
                    Category:  @projectline.Category<br/>
                    Quantity: @projectline.Quantity<br/> 
                </text>
                projectnumber = projectnumber + 1;
            }       
            <hr/>
        </td></tr>
    <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Project Notes:<br />
             @Model.Notes
         </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="200">Submitted at:</td>
        <td valign="top">@Model.Projectsubmitteddate.Value</td>
    </tr>   
</table>
<!--- / template end --->