Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Add a Related Item from a BinData Object

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.AddRelatedBd method, which adds a related item (such as an inline image) using the contents of a BinData object, and returns the generated Content-ID. This example loads an image into a BinData, adds it, captures the Content-ID, and references it from the HTML body.

Background: This is the binary, Content-ID-based way to embed an inline resource — the right choice for images, whose bytes belong in a BinData rather than a string. Because Chilkat generates the Content-ID, the usual pattern is: add the item first, capture the returned ID, then build the matching <img src="cid:..."> reference from it (done here with a StringBuilder).

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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.BinData,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder,
  Chilkat.Email;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  email: TEmail;
  bdImage: TBinData;
  cid: string;
  sbHtml: TStringBuilder;
  numReplaced: Integer;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the AddRelatedBd method, which adds a related item (such as an inline image)
  //  using the contents of a BinData object, and returns the generated Content-ID.

  email := TEmail.Create;
  email.Subject := 'Related image from BinData';

  //  Load the image data from a file into a BinData object.
  bdImage := TBinData.Create;
  success := bdImage.LoadFile('qa_data/images/logo.png');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(bdImage.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Add the image as a related item; capture its generated Content-ID.
  cid := email.AddRelatedBd('logo.png',bdImage);
  if (email.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(email.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Reference the related item in the HTML body by its Content-ID.
  sbHtml := TStringBuilder.Create;
  sbHtml.Append('<html><body><img src="cid:PLACEHOLDER_CID"/></body></html>');
  numReplaced := sbHtml.Replace('PLACEHOLDER_CID',cid);
  email.SetHtmlBody(sbHtml.GetAsString());

  WriteLn('NumRelatedItems = ' + email.NumRelatedItems);

  //  Note: The path "qa_data/images/logo.png" is a relative local filesystem path,
  //  relative to the current working directory of the running application.


  email.Free;
  bdImage.Free;
  sbHtml.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.