(C#) Send HTML Email with Embedded Image Loaded from Memory

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is loaded directly from memory.

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

// First load image data into memory.
// This example loads image data from a file.
// However, your application could get the image data from any other source, such as
// from a database.
Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();
byte[] imageBytes = null;
imageBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");

// The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();

// Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
mailman.SmtpHost = "outlook.office365.com";
mailman.SmtpPort = 587;
mailman.StartTLS = true;

// Set the SMTP login/password
mailman.SmtpUsername = "OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN";
mailman.SmtpPassword = "OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD";

// Create a new email object
Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
email.Subject = "HTML Email with Image Loaded from In-Memory Bytes";
email.From = "Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>";
email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com");

string contentIdStarfish = email.AddRelatedData("starfish.jpg",imageBytes);
if (email.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbHtml = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbHtml.Append("<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>");
sbHtml.Append("<p><img src=\"cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH\" /></p></body></html>");
int numReplacements = sbHtml.Replace("CONTENT_ID_STARFISH",contentIdStarfish);

email.SetHtmlBody(sbHtml.GetAsString());

bool success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("Mail Sent!");
}