Send Email with Inline Attachment

Create an send an email with an inline attachment.

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#include <CkMailMan.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>
#include <CkString.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    //  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) {
        printf("Component unlock failed\n");
        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("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com");

    //  Add any number of attachments:
    CkString contentType;

    contentType = email.addFileAttachment("c:/temp/dude.gif");
    if (contentType.getNumChars() == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",email.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  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);
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
    }
    else {
        printf("Mail Sent!\n");
    }

    }