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09/18/2014

Attachments

Last modified: March 16, 2009

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 | Exchange Server 2010

The Attachments element contains the items or files that are attached to an item in the Exchange store.

<Attachments>
   <ItemAttachment/>
   <FileAttachment/>
</Attachments>

ArrayOfAttachmentsType and NonEmptyArrayOfAttachmentsType

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
ItemAttachment	Represents an Exchange item that is attached to another Exchange item.
FileAttachment	Represents a file that is attached to an item in the Exchange store.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
CreateAttachment	Defines a request to create an attachment to an item in the Exchange store. The following is the XPath expression to this element: /CreateAttachment
AcceptItem	Represents an Accept reply to a meeting request. The following are some of the XPath expressions to this element: /CreateItem/Items /MeetingRequest/ConflictingMeetings /SetItemField/CalendarItem/ConflictingMeetings /AppendToItemField/CalendarItem/ConflictingMeetings /AcceptItem/Attachments/ItemAttachment/CalendarItem/ConflictingMeetings /DeclineItem/Attachments/ItemAttachment/CalendarItem/ConflictingMeetings /UpdateItem/ItemChanges/ItemChange/Updates/AppendToItemField/CalendarItem/AdjacentMeetings /CreateAttachmentResponseMessage/Attachments/ItemAttachment/CalendarItem/AdjacentMeetings /GetAttachmentResponseMessage/Attachments/ItemAttachment/CalendarItem/AdjacentMeetings
DeclineItem	Represents a Decline reply to a meeting request.
TentativelyAcceptItem	Represents a Tentative reply to a meeting request.
RemoveItem	Removes an item from the Exchange store.
Item	Represents a generic Exchange item.
MeetingMessage	Represents a meeting in the Exchange store.
MeetingRequest	Represents a meeting request in the Exchange store.
MeetingResponse	Represents a meeting response in the Exchange store.
MeetingCancellation	Represents a meeting cancellation in the Exchange store.
Message	Represents an Exchange e-mail message.
Task	Represents a task in the Exchange store.
CalendarItem	Represents an Exchange calendar item.
Contact	Represents an Exchange contact item.
DistributionList	Represents a distribution list.
CreateAttachmentResponseMessage	Contains the status and result of a single CreateAttachment request.
GetAttachmentResponseMessage	Contains the status and result of a GetAttachment request.

Remarks

The Attachments elements have the same child elements but are based on different types: ArrayOfAttachmentsType and NonEmptyArrayOfAttachmentsType. The types define whether a child element is required. The ArrayOfAttachmentsType is only used in the response message. It is also important to note that these elements occur in both the messages and types namespaces.

The schema that describes this element is located in the EWS virtual directory of the computer that is running MicrosoftExchange Server 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.

Element Information

Namespace	https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema Name	Types schema
Validation File	Types.xsd
Can be Empty	False