Visual FoxPro

Add a String Attachment to an Email

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email object's AddStringAttachment method, which adds an attachment directly from an in-memory string — no file needs to exist on disk. The 1st argument is the filename that is written into the MIME (it is not a path to a file that is read), and the 2nd argument is the text that becomes the attachment's body. In this example we build a simple email, attach a small CSV file named people.csv straight from a string, and then print the resulting MIME so you can see the attachment embedded in the message. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL loEmail
LOCAL lcCsvData

*  This example demonstrates the Email object's AddStringAttachment method.
*  AddStringAttachment adds an attachment directly from an in-memory string.
*  The 1st argument is the filename to be placed in the MIME (not a file to be read).
*  The 2nd argument is the text content that becomes the attachment body.

loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')

loEmail.Subject = "Email with a string attachment"
loEmail.Body = "See the attached CSV file."
loEmail.From = "mary@example.com"
loEmail.AddTo("Joe","joe@example.com")

*  The text content of the attachment.
lcCsvData = "id,name" + CHR(13) + CHR(10) + "1,Alice" + CHR(13) + CHR(10) + "2,Bob" + CHR(13) + CHR(10)

*  Add the string as an attachment named "people.csv".
loEmail.AddStringAttachment("people.csv",lcCsvData)

*  Show the full MIME of the email, which now includes the attachment.
? loEmail.GetMime()

RELEASE loEmail