VB.NET
VB.NET
Attach a File to an Email
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.AddFileAttachment method, which attaches a file read from the filesystem. It returns the content type Chilkat assigned to the attachment (inferred from the file extension). This example attaches a PDF and prints its detected content type.
Background: Each attachment carries a
Content-Type (MIME type) such as application/pdf or image/png that tells the receiving client how to handle it. Chilkat gets this from the file's extension. Because attachment bytes are binary, they are Base64-encoded for transport, which is handled automatically — you simply point AddFileAttachment at a path and the file is read, encoded, and packaged into the message.Chilkat VB.NET Downloads
' Demonstrates the AddFileAttachment method, which attaches a file read from the
' filesystem. It returns the content type Chilkat assigned to the attachment (based on
' the file extension), or returns failure if the file could not be read.
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "Email with a file attachment"
email.Body = "Please see the attached file."
' Attach a file. The return value is the auto-detected content type.
Dim contentType As String = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/attachments/report.pdf")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.WriteLine("Attached content type = " & contentType)
Debug.WriteLine("NumAttachments = " & email.NumAttachments)
' Note: The path "qa_data/attachments/report.pdf" is a relative local filesystem path,
' relative to the current working directory of the running application.