Visual Basic 6.0

Check if a MIME Part is an Attachment

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.IsAttachment method, which returns whether the current part's Content-Disposition is attachment (matched case-insensitively). It takes no arguments.

Note: The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the path to your own file.

Background: Whether a part is an attachment is about disposition, not content type — an image can be inline (Content-Disposition: inline) or an attachment. This predicate keys off that header, which is the right basis for deciding what to list as a downloadable attachment versus what to render within the message body.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Mime.IsAttachment method, which returns whether the part's Content-Disposition is attachment.  It takes no arguments and applies to the current
'  part.  This example iterates the parts of a multipart message and reports which ones match.

Dim mime As New ChilkatMime
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/multipart_message.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim n As Long
n = mime.NumParts
Dim part As New ChilkatMime
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To n - 1
    success = mime.PartAt(i,part)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    If (part.IsAttachment()) Then
        Debug.Print "Part " & i & " (" & part.ContentType & ") is an attachment."
    End If

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