VBScript

Add Email Attachment from FTP

Downloads (into memory) a file from an FTP server and adds it as an attachment to an email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

' Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

' This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
' See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

' Connect to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ConnectOnly()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa_data")
If (success = 1) Then
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("pdf")
End If

If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Download...
set pdfData = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = ftp.GetFileBd("fishing.pdf",pdfData)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

' Create an email object, and add the PDF as an attachment.
set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "Test with PDF attachment."
email.Body = "This is a plain-text body.."

' Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
success = email.AddAttachmentBd("fishing.pdf",pdfData,"application/pdf")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Save the email and examine with a text editor to see the PDF attachment is present..
success = email.SaveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

outFile.Close