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.NET Framework Class Library
Attachment..::.Name Property

Gets or sets the MIME content type name value in the content type associated with this attachment.

Namespace: System.Net.Mail
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Syntax
Public Property Name As String
	Get
	Set
public string Name { get; set; }
public:
property String^ Name {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
member Name : string with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String that contains the value for the content type name represented by the ContentType..::.Name property.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The value specified for a set operation is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

The value specified for a set operation is Empty ("").

Remarks

The Name property is used in the Content-Type header generated for this attachment. The Name is displayed as the attachment’s name when the email with the attachment is received. A grammar that details the syntax of the Content-Type header is described in RFC 2045 Section 5.1. RFC 2046 provides detailed information about MIME media types and their parameters. These RFCs are available at http://www.ietf.org.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to display information about an attachment.


Public Shared Sub DisplayFileAttachment(ByVal a As Attachment)
    Console.WriteLine("Content Disposition {0}", a.ContentDisposition.ToString())
    Console.WriteLine("Content Type {0}", a.ContentType.ToString())
    Console.WriteLine("Name {0}", a.Name)
End Sub


		public static void DisplayFileAttachment(Attachment a)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Content Disposition {0}", a.ContentDisposition.ToString());
			Console.WriteLine("Content Type {0}", a.ContentType.ToString());
			Console.WriteLine("Name {0}", a.Name);
		}


   static void DisplayFileAttachment( Attachment^ a )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( L"Content Disposition {0}", a->ContentDisposition );
      Console::WriteLine( L"Content Type {0}", a->ContentType );
      Console::WriteLine( L"Name {0}", a->Name );
   }



Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

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.