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.

load ./chilkat.dll

set 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.

set imap [new_CkImap]

CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993

set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

set success [CkImap_Login $imap "user@example.com" "myPassword"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

#  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.
set headersOnly 1
set useUid 0
set seqNum 1
set email [new_CkEmail]

set success [CkImap_FetchEmail $imap $headersOnly $seqNum $useUid $email]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

#  Loop over the attachments and print each filename.
set numAttach [CkImap_GetMailNumAttach $imap $email]
puts "Attachments: $numAttach"

for {set i 0} {$i <= [expr $numAttach - 1]} {incr i} {
    #  GetMailAttachFilename returns a string, so assign it to a string variable.
    set fname [CkImap_getMailAttachFilename $imap $email $i]
    if {[CkImap_get_LastMethodSuccess $imap] == 0} then {
        puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
        delete_CkImap $imap
        delete_CkEmail $email
        exit
    }

    puts "$fname"
}

set success [CkImap_Disconnect $imap]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}


delete_CkImap $imap
delete_CkEmail $email