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Rename Email Attachments After Adding

Demonstrates how to rename email attachments after adding but before sending. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oMailman = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MailMan")

$oMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my-mail-server.com"
$oMailman.SmtpUsername = "MY_SMTP_USERNAME"
$oMailman.SmtpPassword = "MY_SMTP_PASSWORD"
$oMailman.SmtpSsl = True
$oMailman.SmtpPort = 465

$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")

$oEmail.Subject = "This is a test"
$oEmail.Body = "This is a test"
$oEmail.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
$bSuccess = $oEmail.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")
; To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

; Add some attachments.
; The AddFileAttachment method returns the value of the content-type it chose for the attachment.
Local $sContentType = $oEmail.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
If ($oEmail.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$sContentType = $oEmail.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
If ($oEmail.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If we save the email to a .eml, we can examine in a text editor.
$bSuccess = $oEmail.SaveEml("qa_output/e1.eml")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to save .eml" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; We see the following in the e1.eml
; Notice that Chilkat replaced the full path with just the filename.
; The full local path is not part of the email that gets sent..

; ...
; --------------020807050607070004010609
; Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish.jpg"
; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
; Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="starfish.jpg"
; 
; ...
; --------------020807050607070004010609
; Content-Type: application/pdf; name="fishing.pdf"
; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
; Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="fishing.pdf"
; ...

; Before sending, each filename can be changed within the email object.
; For example:
$bSuccess = $oEmail.SetAttachmentFilename(0,"orange_starfish.jpg")
$bSuccess = $oEmail.SetAttachmentFilename(1,"tuna_fishing.pdf")

; Look at the new MIME source of the email in a  text editor...
$bSuccess = $oEmail.SaveEml("qa_output/e2.eml")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to save .eml" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; You'll see this:

; ...
; --------------020807050607070004010609
; Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="orange_starfish.jpg"
; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
; Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="orange_starfish.jpg"
; 
; ...
; --------------020807050607070004010609
; Content-Type: application/pdf; name="tuna_fishing.pdf"
; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
; Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="tuna_fishing.pdf"
; ...

; Send the email with the updated filenames..
$bSuccess = $oMailman.SendEmail($oEmail)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oMailman.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oMailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly." & @CRLF)
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Mail with attachments sent!" & @CRLF)