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Remove a Single Attachment from an Email

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.DropSingleAttachment method, which removes the attachment at the specified zero-based index. Valid indexes run from 0 through NumAttachments - 1. This example adds two attachments, removes the first, and prints the count before and after.

Background: Attachments are addressed by a zero-based index, so the first is 0, the second 1, and so on. DropSingleAttachment removes just one — use it to prune a specific file (say, an oversized or unwanted attachment) while keeping the rest. Note that after a removal the remaining attachments shift down, so if you are deleting several by index, iterate from the highest index downward to avoid skipping any.

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//  Demonstrates the DropSingleAttachment method, which removes the attachment at the
//  specified zero-based index.

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "Drop a single attachment"

Dim success As Boolean
success = email.AddStringAttachment("a.txt","first attachment")
success = email.AddStringAttachment("b.txt","second attachment")
System.DebugLog("NumAttachments before = " + Str(email.NumAttachments))

//  Remove the attachment at index 0 (the first attachment).
success = email.DropSingleAttachment(0)

System.DebugLog("NumAttachments after = " + Str(email.NumAttachments))