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DataFlex
Outlook Send HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments
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This example sends an HTML email with both embedded images and attachments. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending HTML email.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images.
- Sending plain-text email with attachments.
This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg
Procedure Test
Boolean iSuccess
Handle hoHttp
Boolean iBCrlf
Handle hoSbHtmlBody
Variant vJpgStarfish
Handle hoJpgStarfish
Variant vJpgHedgeHogs
Handle hoJpgHedgeHogs
Variant vAttach1
Handle hoAttach1
Variant vAttach2
Handle hoAttach2
Variant vJson
Handle hoJson
Variant vResp
Handle hoResp
String sTemp1
Integer iTemp1
Move False To iSuccess
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
End
// Use your previously obtained access token here:
// See the following examples for getting an access token:
// Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
// Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
// Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
// Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"
// To send mail, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
//
// POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
//
// (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
//
// This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body.
// After the
// <html>
// <head>
// <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
// <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
// </head>
// <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
// <font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>
// <br>
// <img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>
// <img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>
// </font>
// </body>
// </html>
// Build the HTML body...
Move True To iBCrlf
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbHtmlBody
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbHtmlBody))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoSbHtmlBody
End
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "<html>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "<head>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">' iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody '<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">' iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "</head>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody '<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">' iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody '<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>' iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "<br>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody '<img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>' iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody '<img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>' iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "</font>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "</body>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
Get ComAppendLine Of hoSbHtmlBody "</html>" iBCrlf To iSuccess
// Load the embedded image files.
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoJpgStarfish
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJpgStarfish))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoJpgStarfish
End
Get ComLoadFile Of hoJpgStarfish "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg" To iSuccess
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoJpgHedgeHogs
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJpgHedgeHogs))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoJpgHedgeHogs
End
Get ComLoadFile Of hoJpgHedgeHogs "qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg" To iSuccess
// Load files that are to be attached (not inline images)
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoAttach1
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAttach1))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoAttach1
End
Get ComLoadFile Of hoAttach1 "qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf" To iSuccess
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoAttach2
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAttach2))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoAttach2
End
Get ComLoadFile Of hoAttach2 "qa_data/msword/sample.docx" To iSuccess
// The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
// recipients, etc. This example will build the following JSON HTML email with
// two embedded images and two attachments.
//
// The only difference between an embedded inline image and an attachment is that the
// inline image must have a cid that corresponds to the "cid:" found in the "src" attribute
// of an IMG tag within the HTML body of the email. (The inline image is also marked as "isInline",
// whereas the attachments are not, but I don't know if this actually makes a difference..)
//
// {
// "message": {
// "subject": "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments",
// "body": {
// "contentType": "html",
// "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
// },
// "toRecipients": [
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Chilkat Software",
// "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
// }
// },
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "ccRecipients": [
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Chilkat Blog",
// "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "attachments": [
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "starfish.jpg",
// "contentType": "image/jpeg",
// "size": 6497,
// "isInline": true,
// "contentId": "starfish",
// "contentLocation": null,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// },
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "hedgehogs.jpg",
// "contentType": "image/jpeg",
// "size": 48845,
// "isInline": true,
// "contentId": "hedgehogs",
// "contentLocation": null,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// },
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "fishing.pdf",
// "contentType": "application/pdf",
// "size": <theActualSize>,
// "isInline": false,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// },
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "sample.docx",
// "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
// "size": <theActualSize>,
// "isInline": false,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// }
// ]
// },
// "saveToSentItems": true
// }
//
// Build the above JSON.
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoJson
End
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.subject" "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.body.contentType" "html" To iSuccess
Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbHtmlBody To sTemp1
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.body.content" sTemp1 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name" "Chilkat Software" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address" "admin@chilkat.io" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address" "chilkat.support@gmail.com" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name" "Chilkat Blog" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address" "admin@cknotes.com" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson 'message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"' "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].name" "starfish.jpg" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].contentType" "image/jpeg" To iSuccess
Get ComNumBytes Of hoJpgStarfish To iTemp1
Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].size" iTemp1 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].isInline" True To iSuccess
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].contentId" "starfish" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateNull Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].contentLocation" To iSuccess
Get pvComObject of hoJpgStarfish to vJpgStarfish
Get ComUpdateBd Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].contentBytes" "base64" vJpgStarfish To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson 'message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"' "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].name" "hedgehogs.jpg" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].contentType" "image/jpeg" To iSuccess
Get ComNumBytes Of hoJpgHedgeHogs To iTemp1
Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].size" iTemp1 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].isInline" True To iSuccess
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].contentId" "hedgehogs" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateNull Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].contentLocation" To iSuccess
Get pvComObject of hoJpgHedgeHogs to vJpgHedgeHogs
Get ComUpdateBd Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].contentBytes" "base64" vJpgHedgeHogs To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson 'message.attachments[2]."@odata.type"' "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[2].name" "fishing.pdf" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[2].contentType" "application/pdf" To iSuccess
Get ComNumBytes Of hoAttach1 To iTemp1
Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "message.attachments[2].size" iTemp1 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "message.attachments[2].isInline" False To iSuccess
Get pvComObject of hoAttach1 to vAttach1
Get ComUpdateBd Of hoJson "message.attachments[2].contentBytes" "base64" vAttach1 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson 'message.attachments[3]."@odata.type"' "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[3].name" "sample.docx" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[3].contentType" "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document" To iSuccess
Get ComNumBytes Of hoAttach2 To iTemp1
Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "message.attachments[3].size" iTemp1 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "message.attachments[3].isInline" False To iSuccess
Get pvComObject of hoAttach2 to vAttach2
Get ComUpdateBd Of hoJson "message.attachments[3].contentBytes" "base64" vAttach2 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "saveToSentItems" True To iSuccess
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoResp
End
Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
Get ComHttpJson Of hoHttp "POST" "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail" vJson "application/json" vResp To iSuccess
If (iSuccess = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
// In the success case, there is no response body. (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
If (iTemp1 <> 202) Begin
Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
Get ComLoad Of hoJson sTemp1 To iSuccess
Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False
Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
Showln "Failed, response status code = " iTemp1
End
Else Begin
Showln "Outlook HTML Mail Sent."
End
End_Procedure