SMTP_Attachment

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SMTP_Attachment

SMTP_Attachment ( smtp_ID ; fileName ; encodeType ; deleteOption {; attachmentID {; contentType}} ) -> Function result

Parameter	Type		Description
smtp_ID	Longint	->	Message reference
fileName	Text	->	Name of file to attach
encodeType	Integer	->	0 = No encoding (sends DataFork only) ±1 = BinHex ±2 = Base64; (sends DataFork only) ±3 = AppleSingle ±4 = AppleDouble ±5 = AppleSingle AND Base64 ±6 = AppleDouble AND Base64 ±7 = UUEncode
deleteOption	Integer	->	0 = Add to existing list, 1 = Replace all attachments with Filename, 2 = Remove only this attachment
attachmentID	Text	->	ID of attachment (HTML messages only)
contentType	Text	->	Content-type value to set
Function result	Integer	<-	Error Code

Description

Originally introduced in 4D v14 R4

Theme: IC Send Mail

The SMTP_Attachment command now accepts a new optional contentType parameter, allowing you to set the content type of the attachment file.

By default, if the contentType parameter is omitted or contains an empty string, 4DIC automatically sets the content type of the attachment file based on its extension. The following rules are applied:

Extension	Content Type
jpg, jpeg	image/jpeg
png	image/png
gif	image/gif
pdf	application/pdf
doc	application/msword
xls	application/vnd.ms-excel
ppt	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
zip	application/zip
gz	application/gzip
json	application/json
js	application/javascript
ps	application/postscript
xml	application/xml
htm, html	text/html
mp3	audio/mpeg
other	application/octet-stream

In contentType, you can now pass a string defining the content type (MIME type) for the file, for example "video/mpeg". This content-type value will be set for the attachment, regardless of its extension.

Note: Pass an empty string ("") in attachmentID if you do not want to use this parameter.

Example

We want to declare your settings files as XML files:

 $path:=Get 4D folder(Database folder)+"Settings.mySettings"

 $err:=SMTP_Attachment($smtp_id;$path;2;0;"myID123";"application/xml")