B4X

Create Non-Multipart Email with XML Body that is an Attachment

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Creates an email where the only body is a binary WAV file. The technique used in the example could be applied to other binary files, such as PDF, MS-WORD docs, Excel docs, etc. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  The goal of this example is to create an email that has this MIME format,
'  where the body of the email is XML using base64 encoding, 
'  and the Content-Type and Content-Disposition are set as indicated.

'  Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:01:52 +0200 (CEST)
'  From: joe@example1.com
'  Subject: [v=EMCS.NL][a=NL****][k=****][s=0]
'  To: mary@example2.com
'  MIME-Version: 1.0
'  Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset=us-ascii; name=6bd8dfe259b3a42c90a28a82b5fc6e77.txt
'  Content-Transfer-Encoding: Base64
'  Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=6bd8dfe259b3a42c90a28a82b5fc6e77.txt
'  Message-Id: <......>
'  
'  <multi-line base64 encoded XML here>

success = True

Dim xmlBody As String = "<ie:IE801 xmlns:ie=" & Chr(34) & "urn:publicid:-:EC:DGTAXUD:EMCS:PHASE4:IE801:V3.01" & Chr(34) & " xmlns:tms=" & Chr(34) & "urn:publicid:-:EC:DGTAXUD:EMCS:PHASE4:TMS:V3.01" & Chr(34) & ">....</ie:IE801>"

Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize

'  Add subject, TO, FROM, etc.
email.Subject = "[v=EMCS.NL][a=NL****][k=****][s=0]"
email.From = "joe@example1.com"
success = email.AddTo("Mary", "mary@example2.com")

email.Body = xmlBody

email.AddHeaderField("Content-Transfer-Encoding", "Base64")
email.AddHeaderField("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream; charset=us-ascii; name=6bd8dfe259b3a42c90a28a82b5fc6e77.txt")
email.AddHeaderField("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=6bd8dfe259b3a42c90a28a82b5fc6e77.txt")

'  Your email is ready to send
Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my_mail_server.com"
mailman.SmtpUsername = "myUsername"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
mailman.SmtpPort = 465
mailman.SmtpSsl = True
mailman.StartTLS = True

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If success <> True Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection
If success <> True Then
    Log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If


Log("Mail Sent!")