Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
Get the Filename of an Attachment
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetAttachmentFilename method, which retrieves an attachment's filename as stored in the MIME. The index is zero-based. This example adds an attachment and reads its filename.
Background: An attachment's filename comes from the sender's message and is not guaranteed to be safe or unique — it may include path separators or characters that are awkward on the local filesystem, and two attachments can share a name. When saving attachments to disk, treat this value as untrusted input: sanitize it and guard against collisions (see the
OverwriteExisting property, which can auto-generate unique names).Chilkat Visual Basic 6.0 Downloads
' Demonstrates the GetAttachmentFilename method, which retrieves an attachment's filename
' (as stored in the MIME). The index is zero-based.
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
email.Subject = "Attachment filename"
success = email.AddStringAttachment("notes.txt","Some notes.")
' Get the filename of the first attachment (index 0).
Dim fname As String
fname = email.GetAttachmentFilename(0)
Debug.Print "Attachment 0 filename: " & fname