Gets the attachment collection used to store data attached to this e-mail message.
Namespace:
System.Net.Mail
Assembly:
System (in System.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property Attachments As AttachmentCollection
Dim instance As MailMessage
Dim value As AttachmentCollection
value = instance.Attachments
public AttachmentCollection Attachments { get; }
public:
property AttachmentCollection^ Attachments {
AttachmentCollection^ get ();
}
public function get Attachments () : AttachmentCollection
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.
The following code example demonstrates creating and sending an e-mail message with an attachment.
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 e-mail 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 e-mail 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();
}
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 e-mail 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 e-mail 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();
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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