MailMessage.Attachments Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net.Mail

Assembly:

System.Net.Mail.dll

Source:

MailMessage.cs

Gets the attachment collection used to store data attached to this email message.

public:
 property System::Net::Mail::AttachmentCollection ^ Attachments { System::Net::Mail::AttachmentCollection ^ get(); };

public System.Net.Mail.AttachmentCollection Attachments { get; }

member this.Attachments : System.Net.Mail.AttachmentCollection

Public ReadOnly Property Attachments As AttachmentCollection

Property Value

AttachmentCollection

A writable AttachmentCollection.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates creating and sending an email message with an attachment.

static void CreateMessageWithAttachment( String^ server )
{
   
   // Specify the file to be attached and sent.
   // This example assumes that a file named Data.xls exists in the
   // current working directory.
   String^ file = L"data.xls";
   
   // Create a message and set up the recipients.
   MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( L"jane@contoso.com",L"ben@contoso.com",L"Quarterly data report.",L"See the attached spreadsheet." );
   
   // Create  the file attachment for this email message.
   Attachment^ data = gcnew Attachment(file, MediaTypeNames::Application::Octet);
   
   // Add time stamp information for the file.
   ContentDisposition^ disposition = data->ContentDisposition;
   disposition->CreationDate = System::IO::File::GetCreationTime( file );
   disposition->ModificationDate = System::IO::File::GetLastWriteTime( file );
   disposition->ReadDate = System::IO::File::GetLastAccessTime( file );
   
   // Add the file attachment to this email message.
   message->Attachments->Add( data );
   
   //Send the message.
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );
   
   // Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them.
   client->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultNetworkCredentials;
   client->Send( message );
   
   // Display the values in the ContentDisposition for the attachment.
   ContentDisposition^ cd = data->ContentDisposition;
   Console::WriteLine( L"Content disposition" );
   Console::WriteLine( cd );
   Console::WriteLine( L"File {0}", cd->FileName );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Size {0}", cd->Size );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Creation {0}", cd->CreationDate );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Modification {0}", cd->ModificationDate );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Read {0}", cd->ReadDate );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Inline {0}", cd->Inline );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Parameters: {0}", cd->Parameters->Count );
   IEnumerator^ myEnum1 = cd->Parameters->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum1->MoveNext() )
   {
      DictionaryEntry^ d = safe_cast<DictionaryEntry^>(myEnum1->Current);
      Console::WriteLine( L"{0} = {1}", d->Key, d->Value );
   }

   data->~Attachment();
   client->~SmtpClient();
}

public static void CreateMessageWithAttachment(string server)
{
    // Specify the file to be attached and sent.
    // This example assumes that a file named Data.xls exists in the
    // current working directory.
    string file = "data.xls";
    // Create a message and set up the recipients.
    MailMessage message = new MailMessage(
        "jane@contoso.com",
        "ben@contoso.com",
        "Quarterly data report.",
        "See the attached spreadsheet.");

    // Create  the file attachment for this email message.
    Attachment data = new Attachment(file, MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
    // Add time stamp information for the file.
    ContentDisposition disposition = data.ContentDisposition;
    disposition.CreationDate = System.IO.File.GetCreationTime(file);
    disposition.ModificationDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(file);
    disposition.ReadDate = System.IO.File.GetLastAccessTime(file);
    // Add the file attachment to this email message.
    message.Attachments.Add(data);

    //Send the message.
    SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
    // Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them.
    client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;

    try
    {
        client.Send(message);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateMessageWithAttachment(): {0}",
            ex.ToString());
    }
    // Display the values in the ContentDisposition for the attachment.
    ContentDisposition cd = data.ContentDisposition;
    Console.WriteLine("Content disposition");
    Console.WriteLine(cd.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine("File {0}", cd.FileName);
    Console.WriteLine("Size {0}", cd.Size);
    Console.WriteLine("Creation {0}", cd.CreationDate);
    Console.WriteLine("Modification {0}", cd.ModificationDate);
    Console.WriteLine("Read {0}", cd.ReadDate);
    Console.WriteLine("Inline {0}", cd.Inline);
    Console.WriteLine("Parameters: {0}", cd.Parameters.Count);
    foreach (DictionaryEntry d in cd.Parameters)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", d.Key, d.Value);
    }
    data.Dispose();
}

Public Shared Sub CreateMessageWithAttachment(ByVal server As String)
    ' Specify the file to be attached And sent.
    ' This example assumes that a file named Data.xls exists in the
    ' current working directory.
    Dim file As String = "data.xls"
    ' Create a message and set up the recipients.
    Dim message As MailMessage = New MailMessage(
        "jane@contoso.com",
        "ben@contoso.com",
        "Quarterly data report.",
        "See the attached spreadsheet.")

    ' Create  the file attachment for this email message.
    Dim data As Attachment = New Attachment(file, MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet)
    ' Add time stamp information for the file.
    Dim disposition As ContentDisposition = data.ContentDisposition
    disposition.CreationDate = System.IO.File.GetCreationTime(file)
    disposition.ModificationDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(file)
    disposition.ReadDate = System.IO.File.GetLastAccessTime(file)
    ' Add the file attachment to this email message.
    message.Attachments.Add(data)

    ' Send the message
    Dim client As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient(server)
    ' Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them.
    client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials

    Try
        client.Send(message)
    Catch ex As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateMessageWithAttachment(): {0}", ex.ToString())
    End Try

    ' Display the values in the ContentDisposition for the attachment.
    Dim cd As ContentDisposition = data.ContentDisposition
    Console.WriteLine("Content disposition")
    Console.WriteLine(cd.ToString())
    Console.WriteLine("File {0}", cd.FileName)
    Console.WriteLine("Size {0}", cd.Size)
    Console.WriteLine("Creation {0}", cd.CreationDate)
    Console.WriteLine("Modification {0}", cd.ModificationDate)
    Console.WriteLine("Read {0}", cd.ReadDate)
    Console.WriteLine("Inline {0}", cd.Inline)
    Console.WriteLine("Parameters: {0}", cd.Parameters.Count)

    For Each d As DictionaryEntry In cd.Parameters
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", d.Key, d.Value)
    Next

    data.Dispose()
End Sub

Remarks

Use the collection returned by the Attachments property to add an attachment, such as a file or the contents of a Stream, to this MailMessage.

Create an Attachment that contains or references the data to be attached, and then add the Attachment to the collection returned by Attachments.