Send Email with Inline Attachment

Create an send an email with an inline attachment.

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uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
mailman: TChilkatMailMan2;
success: Integer;
email: CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB.IChilkatEmail2;
contentType: String;

begin
//  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
mailman := TChilkatMailMan2.Create(Self);

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success := mailman.UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage('Component unlock failed');

  end;

//  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost := 'smtp.chilkatsoft.com';

//  You may need a login/password.  In many cases,
//  authentication is not required when sending local email
//  (i.e. to email addresses having the same domain as the
//  SMTP server), but is required when sending to non-local
//  recipients.
mailman.SmtpUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.SmtpPassword := 'myPassword';

//  Create a new email object
email := CoChilkatEmail2.Create();

email.Subject := 'This is a test';
email.Body := 'This is a test';
email.From := 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>';
email.AddTo('Chilkat Admin','admin@chilkatsoft.com');

//  Add any number of attachments:

contentType := email.AddFileAttachment('c:/temp/dude.gif');
if (contentType = NULL ) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(email.LastErrorText);

  end;

//  Update the content-disposition header field for the attachment
//  so that it's sent inline:
//  AddAttachmentHeader replaces the header field if it already
//  exists.
email.AddAttachmentHeader(0,'content-disposition','inline; filename="dude.gif"');

success := mailman.SendEmail(email As CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB.IChilkatEmail2);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(mailman.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    ShowMessage('Mail Sent!');
  end;
end;