Node.js

Change the Filename of an Attachment

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetAttachmentFilename method, which changes the filename of the attachment at a given zero-based index. This example adds an attachment and renames it, printing the filename before and after.

Background: The attachment filename is what a recipient sees and what most clients suggest when saving the file. Renaming it is handy when the original name is unclear, unsafe, or generic — for example giving a machine-generated tmp12345 a meaningful name like invoice.pdf before sending.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SetAttachmentFilename method, which changes the filename of the
    //  attachment at the given zero-based index.

    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    email.Subject = "Set attachment filename";

    email.AddStringAttachment("oldname.txt","Some notes.");
    console.log("Filename before: " + email.GetAttachmentFilename(0));

    //  Change the filename of the first attachment (index 0).
    success = email.SetAttachmentFilename(0,"newname.txt");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return true;
    }

    console.log("Filename after: " + email.GetAttachmentFilename(0));

}

chilkatExample();