VB.NET

Add File Attachments to an Email

Demonstrates how to add one or more file attachments to an email. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "support@chilkatsoft.com"
success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")

' To add file attachments to an email, call AddFileAttachment
' once for each file to be attached.  The method returns
' the content-type of the attachment if successful, otherwise
' returns cknull
Dim contentType As String

contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("something.pdf")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("something.xml")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("something.zip")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

success = email.SaveEml("email.eml")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Saved EML!")