Delphi ActiveX

Remove All Attachments from an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.DropAttachments method, which removes all ordinary attachments from the in-memory message. Related items (inline images, style sheets) and attached message/rfc822 emails are not affected. This example adds two attachments, drops them, and prints the count before and after.

Background: Chilkat distinguishes three kinds of enclosed content: ordinary attachments (files meant to be saved), related items (resources that support the HTML display), and nested attached messages. DropAttachments targets only the first category — useful, for example, when forwarding or re-sending a message body without carrying its original file attachments along.

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var
email: TChilkatEmail;

begin
//  Demonstrates the DropAttachments method, which removes all ordinary attachments from
//  the email.  Related items and attached messages are not affected.

email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
email.Subject := 'Drop attachments example';

email.AddStringAttachment('a.txt','first attachment');
email.AddStringAttachment('b.txt','second attachment');
Memo1.Lines.Add('NumAttachments before = ' + IntToStr(email.NumAttachments));

//  Remove all attachments.
email.DropAttachments();

Memo1.Lines.Add('NumAttachments after = ' + IntToStr(email.NumAttachments));