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SendMail.AddAttachmentFile

Adds an attachment to the email based on a file path.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
SendMail 4.3 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "SendMail.AddAttachmentFile"; EmailID; Path { ; Name; MimeType; InlineID; Method } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
EmailID The email reference number obtained using SendMail.CreateEmail function. $EmailID
Path The native file path to the file to include as attachment. "/Users/cs/Desktop/sample.pdf"
Name The name for the attachment.
If empty, version 6.2 or newer uses file name from file path.
"sample.pdf" Optional
MimeType The mime type to use. e.g. "application/pdf" for PDF files. If missing, we use "application/octet-stream".
Version 6.2 or newer detects mime type from file extension if needed.
"application/octet-stream" Optional
InlineID The content ID for inline images (CID).
Empty text or no parameter gives regular attachment.

You define this yourself. Can be just a file name or some uuid, which is then referenced in html with "cid:" prefix in the img src attribute.
"test.png@3C111B0E.81ED.478A.912C.4B64F538003C" Optional
Method The method for the content-type parameter.
Currently only for sending calendar invitiations.
"REQUEST" Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Adds an attachment to the email based on a file path.
Attachments over 100 MB are not supported.
Version 5 of MBS Plugin can encode file name for preserving non ASCII characters. Still for compatibility it is recommended to use simply ASCII names.
You can use Text.FileExtensionToMimeType to find the mime type for a file extension.
You can use AddAttachment several times to add several attachments.

This function requires a native path. Use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath to convert a FileMaker path to a native path if required. If you like to have the user choose the path, you can use FileDialog functions.
For Server be aware that server has limited permissions and may not be able to access all files on a computer.

Examples

Add attachment:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("SendMail.AddAttachmentFile"; $EmailID; Attachment::Path; Attachment::Name; Attachment::Type)]

Recursive custom function to add a list of files:

MBSAttachment(EmailID, FilePathList, Flag_inline)

// e.g. $r=MBSattachment ( $EmailID ; MyTable::FilePathList; 1 ) ;

Case(
ValueCount (FilePathList ) > 0;
    Let(
    [
        §element =
            ValueCount (FilePathList ) ;
        §Line =
            GetValue( FilePathList; §element );
        §InlineID=
            MBS( "Path.LastPathComponent"; §line ) ;
        §r=
            MBS(
            "SendMail.AddAttachmentFile";
            EmailID;
            §Line;
            ""; /* file name from path automatically */
            ""; /* mime name from file name automatically */
            Case(
                Flag_inline = 1;
                    §InlineID ;
                ""
                )
            )
    ];

    // call recursive for next file:
    MBSattachment(
        EmailID;
        Trim(
        Substitute(
            "¶" & FilePathList;
            "¶" & §Line ;
            ""
        ));
        Flag_inline
    )
);
    ""
)

See also

Release notes

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Created 3th September 2014, last changed 13th February 2024


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