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Delphi ActiveX

Send Email with a vCard

Demonstrates how to create a simple email, attach a vcard, and send it.

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
email: TChilkatEmail;
vcard: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

// 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 := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

// Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost := 'smtp.chilkatsoft.com';

// Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
mailman.SmtpUsername := 'myUsername';
mailman.SmtpPassword := 'myPassword';

// Create a new email object
email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);

email.Subject := 'This is a vcard test';
email.Body := 'This is a vcard test';
email.From := 'Chilkat Admin <admin@chilkatsoft.com>';
success := email.AddTo('Chilkat Support','support@chilkatsoft.com');
// To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

// A vCard is an email attachment having a Content-Type = "text/x-vcard".
// Call AddStringAttachment to add a vcard from an in-memory string.
// The filename should have a ".vcf" file extension.  Chilkat will automatically
// recognize it and set the content-type to "text/x-vcard";

// Your application is responsible for providing the vcard formatted string.  For example:
// See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard
// 
// begin:vcard
// fn:Matt Smith
// n:Smith;Matt
// org:Chilkat Software, Inc.
// tel;work:630-784-9670
// url:http://www.chilkatsoft.com
// version:2.1
// end:vcard

vcard := 'begin:vcard ...';
success := email.AddStringAttachment('admin.vcf',vcard);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Call SendEmail to connect to the SMTP server and send.
// The connection (i.e. session) to the SMTP server remains
// open so that subsequent SendEmail calls may use the
// same connection.  
success := mailman.SendEmail(email.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Some SMTP servers do not actually send the email until 
// the connection is closed.  In these cases, it is necessary to
// call CloseSmtpConnection for the mail to be  sent.  
// Most SMTP servers send the email immediately, and it is 
// not required to close the connection.  We'll close it here
// for the example:
success := mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.');
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Mail with vCard Sent!');
end;