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Send HTML Email with Embedded Image Loaded from Memory

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

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' 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.
set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

imageBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")

' The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
set mailman = Server.CreateObject("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 = 1

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

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

contentIdStarfish = email.AddRelatedData("starfish.jpg",imageBytes)
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

email.SetHtmlBody sbHtml.GetAsString()

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Mail Sent!") & "</pre>"
End If


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</body>
</html>