PowerShell

Add Email Attachment from FTP

Downloads (into memory) a file from an FTP server and adds it as an attachment to an email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

# This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
# See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
$ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
$ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

# Connect to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.ConnectOnly()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Authenticate with the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
$success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa_data")
if ($success -eq $true) {
    $success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("pdf")
}

if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download...
$pdfData = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$success = $ftp.GetFileBd("fishing.pdf",$pdfData)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$ftp.Disconnect()

# Create an email object, and add the PDF as an attachment.
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$email.Subject = "Test with PDF attachment."
$email.Body = "This is a plain-text body.."

# Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
$success = $email.AddAttachmentBd("fishing.pdf",$pdfData,"application/pdf")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Save the email and examine with a text editor to see the PDF attachment is present..
$email.SaveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

$("Success.")