Visual FoxPro

Send Email with a vCard

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

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loMailman
LOCAL loEmail
LOCAL lcVcard

lnSuccess = 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.
loMailman = CreateObject('Chilkat.MailMan')

* Set the SMTP server.
loMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.chilkatsoft.com"

* Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
loMailman.SmtpUsername = "myUsername"
loMailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"

* Create a new email object
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')

loEmail.Subject = "This is a vcard test"
loEmail.Body = "This is a vcard test"
loEmail.From = "Chilkat Admin <admin@chilkatsoft.com>"
lnSuccess = loEmail.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

lcVcard = "begin:vcard ..."
lnSuccess = loEmail.AddStringAttachment("admin.vcf",lcVcard)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loMailman
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* 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.  
lnSuccess = loMailman.SendEmail(loEmail)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loMailman
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* 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:
lnSuccess = loMailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
ENDIF

? "Mail with vCard Sent!"

RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loEmail