Catalyst Internet Mail .NET

InternetMail.AttachData Method (String, String, String, MimeAttachment)

Attach the contents of a string to the current message.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Function AttachData( _
   ByVal buffer As String, _
   ByVal contentName As String, _
   ByVal contentType As String, _
   ByVal options As MimeAttachment _
) As Boolean
[C#]
public bool AttachData(
   string buffer,
   string contentName,
   string contentType,
   MimeAttachment options
);

Parameters

buffer
A string that contains the data to be attached to the message.
contentName
An string argument which specifies a name for the data being attached to the message. This typically is used as a file name by the mail client to store the data in.Note that if a file name is specified with a path, only the base file name will be used.
contentType
An string argument which specifies the type of data being attached. The value must be a valid MIME content type. If the buffer contains only text characters, then the content type will be specified as text/plain. If the buffer contains binary data, then the content type will be specified as application/octet-stream, which is appropriate for any type of data.
options
A MimeAttachment enumeration which specifies how the data should be attached to the message.

Return Value

This method returns a boolean value. If the method succeeds, the return value is true. If the method fails, the return value is false. To get extended error information, check the value of the LastError property.

Remarks

This implementation of the method should never be used to attach binary data to a message. If you need to attach binary data, use the implementation of that accepts a byte array as the buffer parameter.

See Also

InternetMail Class | SocketTools Namespace | InternetMail.AttachData Overload List