Question : VS 2008 sending html email - form design question

Hi experts.

Developing a web application via VB.net using Visual Studio 2008.

The last stage for this particular part of the application is for an HTML email to be generated and sent with relevant information.

This works, so no problem, but I'm testing it with a very simple html message.

I want to design and send a more complex html body, laid out inside a html , but designing this inside the code behind function is very laborious.
Am I doing this right, or is their an easier and quicker way to acheive this.

What I'm doing is the following (pseudo code)..

dim strMessageBody as string
strMessageBody = ""
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += .....etc...
strMessageBody += .....etc...
strMessageBody += .....etc...
strMessageBody += ""
strMessageBody += "

" strMessageBody += "This is the first item" strMessageBody += "

" strMessageBody += "This is the second item" strMessageBody += "

" strMessageBody += "This is the third item" strMessageBody += "

"
strMessageBody += ""

So, to maintain readability I'm generating the message Body one line at a time, and indenting accordingly..

This seems to me a very looong winded way of achieving the end result..

Is there a better way?

Thanks in anticipation.

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Answer : VS 2008 sending html email - form design question

i guess this is the correct way of doing it, despite of its tedious look and feel and a lengthy programming code..

thanks