Send Email with Inline Attachment

Create an send an email with an inline attachment.

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX for POP3 / SMTP

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    --  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan2', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
    DECLARE @success int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, '30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        PRINT 'Component unlock failed'
        RETURN
      END

    --  Set the SMTP server.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'myLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'myPassword'

    --  Create a new email object
    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email2', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Body', 'This is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', NULL, 'Chilkat Admin', 'admin@chilkatsoft.com'

    --  Add any number of attachments:
    DECLARE @contentType nvarchar(4000)

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddFileAttachment', @contentType OUT, 'c:/temp/dude.gif'
    IF @contentType Is NULL 
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      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.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddAttachmentHeader', NULL, 0, 'content-disposition', 'inline; filename="dude.gif"'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendEmail', @success OUT, @email
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN
        PRINT 'Mail Sent!'
      END
END
GO