(VB.NET) Send HTML Email with Embedded Image Loaded from Memory

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is loaded directly from memory.

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' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' First load image data into memory.
' This example loads image data from a file.
' However, your application could get the image data from any other source, such as
' from a database.
Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
Dim imageBytes() As Byte
imageBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")


' The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

' Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
mailman.SmtpHost = "outlook.office365.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = True

' Set the SMTP login/password
mailman.SmtpUsername = "OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD"

' Create a new email object
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "HTML Email with Image Loaded from In-Memory Bytes"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>"
email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com")


Dim contentIdStarfish As String = email.AddRelatedData("starfish.jpg",imageBytes)
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
Dim sbHtml As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbHtml.Append("<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>")
sbHtml.Append("<p><img src=""cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH"" /></p></body></html>")
Dim numReplacements As Integer = sbHtml.Replace("CONTENT_ID_STARFISH",contentIdStarfish)

email.SetHtmlBody(sbHtml.GetAsString())

Dim success As Boolean = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
Else
    Debug.WriteLine("Mail Sent!")
End If