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Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkMailManW.h>
#include <C_CkEmailW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMailManW mailman;
    HCkEmailW email;
    const wchar_t *contentType;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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 (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) email.
    mailman = CkMailManW_Create();

    // Set the SMTP server.
    CkMailManW_putSmtpHost(mailman,L"smtp.my-tls-mail-server.com");

    // Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
    CkMailManW_putSmtpUsername(mailman,L"MY_SMTP_USERNAME");
    CkMailManW_putSmtpPassword(mailman,L"MY_SMTP_PASSWORD");

    // Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
    CkMailManW_putSmtpSsl(mailman,TRUE);
    CkMailManW_putSmtpPort(mailman,465);

    // Create a new email object
    email = CkEmailW_Create();

    CkEmailW_putSubject(email,L"This is a test");
    CkEmailW_putBody(email,L"This is a test");
    CkEmailW_putFrom(email,L"Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
    success = CkEmailW_AddTo(email,L"Chilkat Admin",L"admin@chilkatsoft.com");
    // To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

    // Add some attachments.
    // The AddFileAttachment method returns the value of the content-type it chose for the attachment.
    contentType = CkEmailW_addFileAttachment(email,L"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (CkEmailW_getLastMethodSuccess(email) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkEmailW_lastErrorText(email));
        CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    contentType = CkEmailW_addFileAttachment(email,L"qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");
    if (CkEmailW_getLastMethodSuccess(email) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkEmailW_lastErrorText(email));
        CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    // 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 = CkMailManW_SendEmail(mailman,email);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkMailManW_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    success = CkMailManW_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");
    }

    wprintf(L"Mail with attachments sent!\n");


    CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
    CkEmailW_Dispose(email);

    }