ANPOP POP3 COMPONENT SDK DOCUMENTATION

SaveAttachmentAs Method

Save attachment as another file.

[Syntax]
C++: HRESULT SaveAttachmentAs( BSTR sFile, int nCount, long* pVal )
Visual Basic: SaveAttachmentAs( sFile As String, nCount As Integer ) As long
C#: long SaveAttachmentAs( string sFile, int nCount )

Parameters

sFile

Name of the new file to be saved.

nCount

Ordinal number of file attachment. The minimum value is 1, the maximum value is returned by method GetAttachmentCount.

Return Value

If this method succeeds, the return value is zero. If it fails, the return value is non-zero.

Remarks

If the target directory does not exist, this method fails.

Usage Example

[C#]

public void ParseAttachments( string emailFile )
{
  int i = 0, nRet = 0, nCount = 0, nSize;
  string tempFolder = "c:\\temp_attachments", fileName = "", newName = "";
  POPMSGClass oMsg = new POPMSGClass();
  
  try
  {
    nRet = oMsg.ImportFile( emailFile );
    if( nRet != 0 )
      throw new Exception( "error with ImportFile" );

    if( oMsg.CreateFolder( tempFolder )!= 0 )
      throw new Exception( "error with Create temporary folder" );
  
    nCount = oMsg.GetAttachmentCount(); //get total count of attachments
    for( i = 1; i <= nCount; i++ )
    {
      fileName = oMsg.GetAttachmentName(i); //get attachment name
      newName = tempFolder;
      newName += "\\new_";
      newName += fileName; //generate a new file name
      //save attachment to temporary directory
      if( oMsg.SaveAttachmentAs( fullName, i ) != 0 ) 
        throw new Exception( "error with SaveAttachmentAs" );
    }
  }
  catch( Exception e )
  {
    Console.WriteLine( e.Message );
  } 
  oMsg = null;
}