Xojo Plugin

Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// 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.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

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

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

// Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
mailman.SmtpSsl = True
mailman.SmtpPort = 465

// Create a new email object
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
success = email.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.
Dim contentType As String
contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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.  
success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If

System.DebugLog("Mail with attachments sent!")