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Add Email Attachment from FTP

Downloads (into memory) a file from an FTP server and adds it as an attachment to an email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

'  This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

'  Connect to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ConnectOnly
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa_data")
If success = True Then
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("pdf")
End If

If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Download...
Dim pdfData As ChilkatBinData
pdfData.Initialize
success = ftp.GetFileBd("fishing.pdf", pdfData)
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


ftp.Disconnect

'  Create an email object, and add the PDF as an attachment.
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
email.Subject = "Test with PDF attachment."
email.Body = "This is a plain-text body.."

'  Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
success = email.AddAttachmentBd("fishing.pdf", pdfData, "application/pdf")
If success <> True Then
    Log(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Save the email and examine with a text editor to see the PDF attachment is present..
email.SaveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

Log("Success.")