Send Email with Attachments

Create and send an email with file attachments.

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// Needs #include <CkMailMan.h>
// Needs #include <CkEmail.h>

    CkString strOut;

    //  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    CkMailMan mailman;

    //  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
    bool success;
    success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append("Component unlock failed\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Set the SMTP server.
    mailman.put_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.put_SmtpUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword");

    //  Create a new email object
    CkEmail email;

    email.put_Subject("This is a test");
    email.put_Body("This is a test");
    email.put_From("Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
    email.AddTo("Somebody1","somebody1@somewhere.com");
    email.AddTo("Somebody2","somebody2@somewhere.com");

    //  Add any number of attachments:
    const char * contentType;

    //  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 == 0 ) {
        strOut.append(email.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(mailman.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append("Mail Sent!\r\n");
    }


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());