Line feeds are not used when you send an e-mail message that uses an e-mail template to render data that has line feeds in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

When you send an e-mail message that uses an e-mail template to render data that has line feeds in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, the line feeds that are included in the data are not used. Instead, the data in the e-mail message is concatenated together. The data does not appear on separate lines.

For example, you create a contact type e-mail template that contains the {!Contact:Description;} code. When you try to send an e-mail message that uses the e-mail template for a contact record, the e-mail message should display a description as follows: However, the e-mail message displays the description without line feeds, as follows:This problem occurs if the e-mail template renders data that merges the nvarchar data type and the ntext data type.

This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Installation information

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Use the following registry keys to enable the fix:

• On the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server, locate the following registry subkey:
  SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM\SDKEmailTemplateHTMLLineBreak = 1
• On the Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Outlook, locate the following registry key:
  SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRMClient\SDKEmailTemplateHTMLLineBreak = 1

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

If you are prompted, restart the computer after you install the cumulative update rollup.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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