(VBScript) 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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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)

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

imageBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")

' The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan")
set mailman = CreateObject("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 = 1

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

' Create a new email object
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Email")
set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "HTML Email with Image Loaded from In-Memory Bytes"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>"
success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com")

contentIdStarfish = email.AddRelatedData("starfish.jpg",imageBytes)
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbHtml = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbHtml.Append("<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>")
success = sbHtml.Append("<p><img src=""cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH"" /></p></body></html>")
numReplacements = sbHtml.Replace("CONTENT_ID_STARFISH",contentIdStarfish)

email.SetHtmlBody sbHtml.GetAsString()

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("Mail Sent!")
End If


outFile.Close