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Remove a Single Attachment from an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.DropSingleAttachment method, which removes the attachment at the specified zero-based index. Valid indexes run from 0 through NumAttachments - 1. This example adds two attachments, removes the first, and prints the count before and after.

Background: Attachments are addressed by a zero-based index, so the first is 0, the second 1, and so on. DropSingleAttachment removes just one — use it to prune a specific file (say, an oversized or unwanted attachment) while keeping the rest. Note that after a removal the remaining attachments shift down, so if you are deleting several by index, iterate from the highest index downward to avoid skipping any.

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#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    //  Demonstrates the DropSingleAttachment method, which removes the attachment at the
    //  specified zero-based index.

    CkEmail email;
    email.put_Subject("Drop a single attachment");

    email.AddStringAttachment("a.txt","first attachment");
    email.AddStringAttachment("b.txt","second attachment");
    std::cout << "NumAttachments before = " << email.get_NumAttachments() << "\r\n";

    //  Remove the attachment at index 0 (the first attachment).
    email.DropSingleAttachment(0);

    std::cout << "NumAttachments after = " << email.get_NumAttachments() << "\r\n";
    }