Send Email with Progress Monitoring

Send an email in VB.NET with progress monitoring.

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    ' If we want to use events, we must declare the mailman as a member of the class.
    Private WithEvents mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan()

    ' This is the event callback.
    Private Sub mailman_OnSendPercentDone(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As Chilkat.MailPercentDoneEventArgs) Handles mailman.OnSendPercentDone
        ' args.PercentDone is an integer value indicating the percent done (1 to 100)

        ' args.Abort is an output argument.  If we set it to True the mail sending will
        ' be aborted.  In this example, we'll abort after the mail is 50% sent...
        ProgressBar1.Value = args.PercentDone
        If (args.PercentDone >= 50) Then
            args.Abort = True
        End If
    End Sub
    
' The VB.NET IDE will automatically create the "mailman_OnSendPercentDone" method
' if you select the "mailman" object and then the "SendPercentDone" event as shown here:

      
    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click


'  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
Dim success As Boolean
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox("Component unlock failed")
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Make sure that events are enabled on the mailman:
mailman.EnableEvents = true

'  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.comcast.net"

'  Create a new email object
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email()

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
email.AddTo("TagTooga","admin@tagtooga.com")

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(mailman.LastErrorText)
Else
    MsgBox("Mail Sent!")
End If

End Sub