Get IMAP Attachment Filenames

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.GetMailAttachFilename method, which returns the filename of an attachment. The first argument is the Email and the second is the zero-based attachment index. This example fetches only the message headers and lists the attachment filenames.

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Imap
integer li_HeadersOnly
integer li_UseUid
integer li_SeqNum
oleobject loo_Email
integer li_NumAttach
integer i
string ls_Fname

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the Imap.GetMailAttachFilename method, which returns the filename of an
//  attachment.  The 1st argument is the Email and the 2nd is the zero-based attachment index.

loo_Imap = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Imap.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Imap")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Imap
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Imap.Ssl = 1
loo_Imap.Port = 993

li_Success = loo_Imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

//  Fetch only the message headers.  Attachment bodies are NOT downloaded, but the ckx-imap-*
//  metadata describing the attachments is present, so the attachment info methods still work.
li_HeadersOnly = 1
li_UseUid = 0
li_SeqNum = 1
loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")

li_Success = loo_Imap.FetchEmail(li_HeadersOnly,li_SeqNum,li_UseUid,loo_Email)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

//  Loop over the attachments and print each filename.
li_NumAttach = loo_Imap.GetMailNumAttach(loo_Email)
Write-Debug "Attachments: " + string(li_NumAttach)

for i = 0 to li_NumAttach - 1
    //  GetMailAttachFilename returns a string, so assign it to a string variable.
    ls_Fname = loo_Imap.GetMailAttachFilename(loo_Email,i)
    if loo_Imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
        Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_Imap
        destroy loo_Email
        return
    end if

    Write-Debug ls_Fname
next

li_Success = loo_Imap.Disconnect()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if



destroy loo_Imap
destroy loo_Email