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LinkedResource Class

Represents an embedded external resource in an email attachment, such as an image in an HTML attachment.

System.Object
  System.Net.Mail.AttachmentBase
    System.Net.Mail.LinkedResource

Namespace:  System.Net.Mail
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
public class LinkedResource : AttachmentBase

The LinkedResource type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method LinkedResource(Stream) Initializes a new instance of LinkedResource using the supplied Stream.
Public method LinkedResource(String) Initializes a new instance of LinkedResource using the specified file name.
Public method LinkedResource(Stream, ContentType) Initializes a new instance of LinkedResource with the values supplied by Stream and ContentType.
Public method LinkedResource(Stream, String) Initializes a new instance of LinkedResource with the specified Stream and media type.
Public method LinkedResource(String, ContentType) Initializes a new instance of LinkedResource with the specified file name and content type.
Public method LinkedResource(String, String) Initializes a new instance of LinkedResource with the specified file name and media type.
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  Name Description
Public property ContentId Gets or sets the MIME content ID for this attachment. (Inherited from AttachmentBase.)
Public property ContentLink Gets or sets a URI that the resource must match.
Public property ContentStream Gets the content stream of this attachment. (Inherited from AttachmentBase.)
Public property ContentType Gets the content type of this attachment. (Inherited from AttachmentBase.)
Public property TransferEncoding Gets or sets the encoding of this attachment. (Inherited from AttachmentBase.)
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  Name Description
Public method Static member CreateLinkedResourceFromString(String) Creates a LinkedResource object from a string to be included in an email attachment as an embedded resource. The default media type is plain text, and the default content type is ASCII.
Public method Static member CreateLinkedResourceFromString(String, ContentType) Creates a LinkedResource object from a string to be included in an email attachment as an embedded resource, with the specified content type, and media type as plain text.
Public method Static member CreateLinkedResourceFromString(String, Encoding, String) Creates a LinkedResource object from a string to be included in an email attachment as an embedded resource, with the specified content type, and media type.
Public method Dispose() Releases the resources used by the AttachmentBase. (Inherited from AttachmentBase.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the AttachmentBase and optionally releases the managed resources. (Inherited from AttachmentBase.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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protected void submit_Button(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       
//Creates the mail message

MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
       
       //This is the string of the message body
        string nImage = "This is a test of the system. <img src=cid:myPicture>";

//Creates the Alternate view for html
        AlternateView hView= AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(nImage,null,"text/html");

        LinkedResource myPicture = new LinkedResource("C:\\Users\\user(change this to you)\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2010\\WebSites\\TestSite\\images\\thumbnail.jpg");
        myPicture.ContentId = "myPicture";
        nView.LinkedResources.Add(myPicture);

       
   //Normal mail stuff
        mail.To.Add("email@you.com");

        mail.From = new MailAddress("email@mail.com");
      
        mail.AlternateViews.Add(nView);
        SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
        client.Send(mail);
     

    }

Example of LinkedResource
//To embed images, we need to use the prefix 'cid' in the img src value
//the cid value will map to the Content-Id of a Linked resource.
//thus <img src='cid:myPicture'> will map to a LinkedResource with a ContentId of 'myPicture'
Alternateview view = Alternateview.CreateAlternateviewFromString("Here is an embedded image.<img src=cid:myPicture>", null, "text/html");
//Create the LinkedResource
LinkedResource myPicture = new LinkedResource( "c:\\temp\\Picture.gif" );
logo.ContentId = "myPicture";
//Add the LinkedResource to the iew
htmlview.LinkedResources.Add(myPicture);
mail.Alternateviews.Add(view);