(SQL Server) Send HTML Email with Image to iPhone

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image that will display correctly on an iPhone. This example produces an email that looks like this on the iPhone:

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
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- 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.
    DECLARE @mailman int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'outlook.office365.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 587
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'StartTLS', 1

    -- Set the SMTP login/password
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD'

    -- Create a new email object
    DECLARE @email int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'Testing for Chilkat SMTP API...'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Body', 'Testing for Chilkat SMTP API...'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>'
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Chilkat Support', 'support@chilkatsoft.com'

    -- For whatever reason, the iPhone's email program requires
    -- images in HTML to be referenced by Content-ID.  Therefore,
    -- we must add the image like this:
    DECLARE @contentIdStarfish nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddRelatedFile', @contentIdStarfish OUT, 'qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
    DECLARE @sbHtml int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbHtml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'Append', @success OUT, '<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'Append', @success OUT, '<p><img src="cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH" /></p></body></html>'
    DECLARE @numReplacements int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'Replace', @numReplacements OUT, 'CONTENT_ID_STARFISH', @contentIdStarfish

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'SetHtmlBody', NULL, @sTmp0

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendEmail', @success OUT, @email
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Mail Sent!'
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbHtml


END
GO