Delphi DLL

Send HTML Email with Image to iPhone

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image that will display correctly on an iPhone. This example produces an email that looks like this on the iPhone:

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, MailMan, StringBuilder, Email;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
email: HCkEmail;
contentIdStarfish: PWideChar;
sbHtml: HCkStringBuilder;
numReplacements: Integer;

begin
success := False;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
mailman := CkMailMan_Create();

// Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,'outlook.office365.com');
CkMailMan_putSmtpPort(mailman,587);
CkMailMan_putStartTLS(mailman,True);

// Set the SMTP login/password
CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,'OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN');
CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,'OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD');

// Create a new email object
email := CkEmail_Create();
CkEmail_putSubject(email,'Testing for Chilkat SMTP API...');
CkEmail_putBody(email,'Testing for Chilkat SMTP API...');
CkEmail_putFrom(email,'Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>');
CkEmail_AddTo(email,'Chilkat Support','support@chilkatsoft.com');

// For whatever reason, the iPhone's email program requires
// images in HTML to be referenced by Content-ID.  Therefore,
// we must add the image like this:
contentIdStarfish := CkEmail__addRelatedFile(email,'qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
if (CkEmail_getLastMethodSuccess(email) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__lastErrorText(email));
    Exit;
  end;

// The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
sbHtml := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHtml,'<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>');
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHtml,'<p><img src="cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH" /></p></body></html>');
numReplacements := CkStringBuilder_Replace(sbHtml,'CONTENT_ID_STARFISH',contentIdStarfish);

CkEmail_SetHtmlBody(email,CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbHtml));

success := CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,email);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Mail Sent!');
  end;

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);

end;