(VBScript) Outlook Send Email with Attachments

This example sends a plain-text email with attachments. Other examples exist for:

Sending plain-text email.
Sending HTML email.
Sending HTML email with embedded images.
Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' Use your previously obtained access token here:
' See the following examples for getting an access token:
'    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
'    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
'    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
'    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

' To send mail, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
' 
' POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
' 
' (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
' 

' Load the files to be attached.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set attach1 = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = attach1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set attach2 = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = attach2.LoadFile("qa_data/msword/sample.docx")

' The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
' recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON plain-text email:
' 

' 	{
' 	  "message": {
' 	    "subject": "Sample Email with Attachments",
' 	    "body": {
' 	      "contentType": "Text",
' 	      "content": "This is the plain-text body..."
' 	    },
' 	    "toRecipients": [
' 	      {
' 	        "emailAddress": {
' 		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
' 	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
' 	        }
' 	      },
' 	      {
' 	        "emailAddress": {
' 	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
' 	        }
' 	      }
' 	    ],
' 	    "ccRecipients": [
' 	      {
' 	        "emailAddress": {
' 		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
' 		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
' 	        }
' 	      }
' 	    ],
' 	    "attachments": [
' 	       {
' 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
' 	         "name": "fishing.pdf",
' 	         "contentType": "application/pdf",
' 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
' 	         "isInline": false,
' 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
' 	       },
' 	       {
' 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
' 	         "name": "sample.docx",
' 	         "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
' 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
' 	         "isInline": false,
' 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
' 	       }
' 	    ]
' 	  },
' 	  "saveToSentItems": true
' 	}
' 
' Build the above JSON.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample Email with Attachments")
success = json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","Text")
success = json.UpdateString("message.body.content","This is the plain-text body...")

success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
success = json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
success = json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")

success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","fishing.pdf")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","application/pdf")
success = json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",attach1.NumBytes)
success = json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",0)
success = json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",attach1)

success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","sample.docx")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")
success = json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",attach2.NumBytes)
success = json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",0)
success = json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",attach2)

success = json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",1)

' -------------------------------------------------------------
' Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
' -------------------------------------------------------------

' Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
' In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
If (resp.StatusCode <> 202) Then
    success = json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    json.EmitCompact = 0
    outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed, response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent.")
End If


outFile.Close