Xbase++

Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMailman
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL cContentType

nSuccess := 0

//  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.
oMailman := CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

//  Set the SMTP server.
oMailman:SmtpHost := "smtp.my-tls-mail-server.com"

//  Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
oMailman:SmtpUsername := "MY_SMTP_USERNAME"
oMailman:SmtpPassword := "MY_SMTP_PASSWORD"

//  Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
oMailman:SmtpSsl := 1
oMailman:SmtpPort := 465

//  Create a new email object
oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

oEmail:Subject := "This is a test"
oEmail:Body := "This is a test"
oEmail:From := "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
nSuccess := oEmail:AddTo("Chilkat Admin", "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.
cContentType := oEmail:AddFileAttachment("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
IF (oEmail:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

cContentType := oEmail:AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
IF (oEmail:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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.  
nSuccess := oMailman:SendEmail(oEmail)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oMailman:CloseSmtpConnection()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
ENDIF

? "Mail with attachments sent!"

oMailman:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()