Attachment.SaveAs Method

Saves the attachment to a local file.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Public Sub SaveAs( _
    FileName As String, _
    Overwrite As Boolean _
)

[Visual C++]
public: HRESULT SaveAs(
    BSTR* FileName,
    VARIANT_BOOL Overwrite
);

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 6.0, VBScript, Visual C++] To get the full samples of EAGetMail, please refer to Samples section.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Private Sub ParseAttachment()
On Error GoTo ErrorHandle
    Dim oMail As New EAGetMailObjLib.Mail
    Dim oTools As New EAGetMailObjLib.Tools
    
    oMail.LicenseCode = "TryIt"
    oMail.LoadFile "c:\test.eml", False
    Dim tempFolder As String
    tempFolder = "c:\temp"
    
    ' Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically'
    oMail.DecodeTNEF
    
    If Not oTools.ExistFile(tempFolder) Then
        oTools.CreateFolder (tempFolder)
    End If
    
    Dim i, atts
    Set atts = oMail.AttachmentList

    For i = 0 To atts.Count - 1
        Dim att As Attachment
        Set att = atts.Item(i)
        Dim attname
        attname = tempFolder & "\" & att.Name
        att.SaveAs attname, True
    Next

    Exit Sub
ErrorHandle:
    MsgBox Err.Description
    
End Sub
    

[VBScript]
Sub ParseAttachment()
    Dim oMail 
    Set oMail = CreateObject("EAGetMailObj.Mail")
    Dim oTools
    Set oTools = CreateObject("EAGetMailObj.Tools")
    
    oMail.LicenseCode = "TryIt"
    oMail.LoadFile "c:\test.eml", False
    Dim tempFolder
    tempFolder = "c:\temp"
    
    ' Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically
    oMail.DecodeTNEF

    Dim i, atts
    Set atts = oMail.AttachmentList
    
    If Not oTools.ExistFile(tempFolder) Then
        oTools.CreateFolder (tempFolder)
    End If
    
    For i = 0 To atts.Count - 1
        Dim att
        Set att = atts.Item(i)
        
        Dim attname
        attname = tempFolder & "\" & att.Name
        att.SaveAs attname, True
    Next
End Sub 


[Visual C++]
//if you do not use MFC, please add this line to support CString type.
#include <atlstr.h> 

#include "eagetmailobj.tlh"
using namespace EAGetMailObjLib;

void ParseAttachment()
{
    IMailPtr oMail = NULL;
    CString tempFolder = _T("c:\\temp");
    try
    {
        oMail.CreateInstance(__uuidof(EAGetMailObjLib::Mail));
        oMail->LicenseCode = _T("TryIt");
        oMail->LoadFile(_T("c:\\test.eml"), VARIANT_FALSE);
    
        // Decode winmail.dat (TNEF) automatically
        oMail->DecodeTNEF();

        IAttachmentCollectionPtr attachments = oMail->AttachmentList;
        ::CreateDirectory(tempFolder.GetString(), NULL);
        for(long i = 0; i < attachments->Count; i++)
        {
            IAttachmentPtr pAtt = attachments->GetItem(i);
    
            CString name = (TCHAR*)pAtt->Name;
            CString attname = tempFolder;
            attname.Append(_T("\\"));
            attname.Append((TCHAR*)pAtt->Name);
            pAtt->SaveAs(attname.GetString(), VARIANT_TRUE);
        }
    }
    catch(_com_error &ep)
    {
        MessageBox(NULL,  (TCHAR*)ep.Description(), _T("Error"), MB_OK);
    }
}


[Delphi]
procedure ParseAttachment();
Var
    oMail: TMail;
    i: Integer;

    atts: IAttachmentCollection;
    att: IAttachment;
begin
    oMail := TMail.Create(Application);
    oMail.LicenseCode := 'TryIt';
    oMail.LoadFile('c:\test.eml', false);

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

    atts := oMail.AttachmentList;
    for i := 0 To atts.Count - 1 do
        begin
            att := atts.Item[i];
            ShowMessage(att.Name);
            att.SaveAs('c:\tempfolder\' + att.Name, true);
        end;
end;

See Also

Mail.AttachmentList Property
Mail.Attachments Property

Online Tutorials

Parse Email in VB6 - Tutorial
Parse winmail.dat(TNEF) in VB6 - Tutorial
Parse Email in Delphi - Tutorial
Parse winmail.dat(TNEF) in Delphi - Tutorial
Parse Email in VC++ - Tutorial
Parse winmail.dat(TNEF) in VC++ - Tutorial