Send Email with Attachments

Create and send an email with file attachments.

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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('Somebody1','somebody1@somewhere.com');
email.AddTo('Somebody2','somebody2@somewhere.com');

//  Add any number of attachments:

//  The AddFileAttachment method can be called any number of times
//  to add 1 or more attachments to an email.  It returns the
//  content type of the attachment added.  This is for informational
//  purposes only.  For example, if a .jpg file is attached,
//  the return string will be "image/jpeg".
//  If AddFileAttachment fails (perhaps by a file-not-found error),
//  a NULL reference is returned:
contentType := email.AddFileAttachment('c:/temp/something.doc');
if (contentType = NULL ) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(email.LastErrorText);

  end;

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