Attachment.SaveAs Method

Saves the attachment to a local file.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub SaveAs( _
    fileName As String, _
    overwrite As Boolean _
)

[C#]
public void SaveAs(
    string fileName,
    bool overwrite
);

[C++]
public: void SaveAs(
    String^ fileName,
    bool overwrite
);

[JScript]
public function SaveAs( 
    fileName : String
    overwrite : Boolean
);

Parameters

fileName

The file name to save.

overwrite

A boolean value indicates whether this method overwrites the file if the file is existed.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++, JScript.NET] To get the full samples of EAGetMail, please refer to Samples section.

[Visual Basic - Parse Attachment]
Imports EAGetMail

Public Sub ParseAttachment()
    Dim oMail As New Mail("TryIt")
    oMail.Load("c:\test.eml", False)

    ' Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically
    oMail.DecodeTNEF()

    Dim atts() As Attachment = oMail.Attachments
    
    Dim tempFolder As String = "c:\temp"
    Dim count As Integer = atts.Length
    If (Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(tempFolder)) Then
        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(tempFolder)
    End If

    For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
        Dim att As Attachment = atts(i)
        Dim attname As String = String.Format("{0}\{1}", tempFolder, att.Name)
        att.SaveAs(attname, True)
    Next
End Sub


[C# - Parse Attachment]
using System;
using System.Collections;
using EAGetMail;

public void ParseAttachment()
{
    Mail oMail = new Mail("TryIt");
    oMail.Load("c:\\test.eml", false);

    // Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically
    oMail.DecodeTNEF();

    Attachment [] atts = oMail.Attachments;
    int count = atts.Length;
    string  tempFolder = "c:\\temp";
    if(!System.IO.Directory.Exists(tempFolder))
        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(tempFolder);

    for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        Attachment att = atts[i];
        string attname = String.Format("{0}\\{1}", tempFolder, att.Name);
        att.SaveAs(attname , true);
    }
}


[C++ - Parse Attachment]
using namespace System;
using namespace EAGetMail;

Void ParseAttachment()
{
    Mail ^oMail = gcnew Mail("TryIt");
    oMail->Load("c:\\test.eml", false);

    // Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically
    oMail->DecodeTNEF();

    array<Attachment^> ^atts= oMail->Attachments;
    int count = atts->Length;
    String^ tempFolder = "c:\\temp";
    if(!System::IO::Directory::Exists(tempFolder))
        System::IO::Directory::CreateDirectory(tempFolder);

    for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        Attachment ^att = atts[i];
        
        String ^attname = String::Format("{0}\\{1}", tempFolder, att->Name);
        att->SaveAs(attname, true);
    }
}


[JScript - Parse Attachment]
function ParseAttachment()
{
    var oMail:Mail = new Mail("TryIt");
    oMail.Load("c:\\test.eml", false);

    // Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically
    oMail.DecodeTNEF();

    var atts:Attachment[] = oMail.Attachments;
    var count:int = atts.Length;
    var tempFolder:String = "c:\\temp";
    if(!System.IO.Directory.Exists(tempFolder))
        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(tempFolder);

    for(var i:int = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        var att:Attachment = atts[i];
        var attname:String = String.Format("{0}\\{1}", tempFolder, att.Name);
        att.SaveAs(attname , true);
    }
}

See Also

Mail.Attachments Property

Online Tutorials

Parse Email in C# - Tutorial
Parse winmail.dat(TNEF) in C# - Tutorial
Parse Email in VB.NET - Tutorial
Parse winmail.dat(TNEF) in VB.NET - Tutorial
Parse Email in C++/CLI - Tutorial
Parse winmail.dat(TNEF) in C++/CLI - Tutorial