(SQL Server) Save HTML Email Embedded Images

Saves HTML embedded items to files in a subdirectory. Images, style sheets, and anything else embedded within HTML, are not considered to be attachments. Instead, these items are "related item". The Chilkat email object provides a set of methods/properties for accessing the related items within an email.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @email int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Load an email object containing HTML with embedded images.

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'LoadEml', @success OUT, 'myEmails/HtmlEmail.eml'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- Iterate over the related items.  
    -- Print the file name and save each to a file.
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    DECLARE @numRelated int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'NumRelatedItems', @numRelated OUT
    WHILE @i < @numRelated
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetRelatedFilename', @sTmp0 OUT, @i
        PRINT @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'SaveRelatedItem', @success OUT, @i, 'myRelatedItemsDir'
        IF @success <> 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
            RETURN
          END
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO