Delphi ActiveX

Get the Size of an Attachment

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetAttachmentSize method, which returns the size in bytes of the attachment at a given zero-based index, or -1 if the index does not identify an existing attachment. This example adds an attachment and prints its size.

Background: The size reported is that of the attachment's actual (decoded) data, not its larger Base64-encoded form on the wire. Knowing per-attachment sizes is handy for enforcing limits, showing a size next to each attachment in a UI, or deciding whether to save or skip a large part. The -1 sentinel is how the method signals an out-of-range index rather than a zero-length attachment.

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var
email: TChilkatEmail;
sz: Integer;

begin
//  Demonstrates the GetAttachmentSize method, which returns the size in bytes of the
//  attachment at the given zero-based index.  It returns -1 if the index does not identify
//  an existing attachment.

email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
email.Subject := 'Attachment size';

email.AddStringAttachment('notes.txt','Some notes for the attachment.');

//  Get the size in bytes of the first attachment (index 0).
sz := email.GetAttachmentSize(0);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Attachment 0 size (bytes) = ' + IntToStr(sz));