Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
Attach a File with an Explicit Content Type
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.AddFileAttachment2 method, which attaches a file from the filesystem and lets you explicitly specify its content type rather than having Chilkat infer it from the file extension. This example attaches a binary file as application/octet-stream.
Background: Extension-based type detection is convenient but not always right — a file may have an unusual or missing extension, or you may need a very specific MIME type for the recipient to process it correctly. Specifying the content type explicitly removes the guesswork.
application/octet-stream is the generic "arbitrary binary data" type, a safe default that tells the client to treat the attachment as an opaque download rather than trying to render it.Chilkat Visual Basic 6.0 Downloads
Dim success As Long
success = 0
' Demonstrates the AddFileAttachment2 method, which attaches a file and lets you
' explicitly specify its content type instead of letting Chilkat infer it.
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
email.Subject = "Email with a file attachment"
email.Body = "Please see the attached file."
' Attach a file, explicitly specifying the content type.
success = email.AddFileAttachment2("qa_data/attachments/data.bin","application/octet-stream")
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print email.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print "NumAttachments = " & email.NumAttachments
' Note: The path "qa_data/attachments/data.bin" is a relative local filesystem path,
' relative to the current working directory of the running application.