Attachment.Attachment(String) Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the Attachment class with the specified content string.

Namespace: System.Net.Mail
Assembly: System (in system.dll)

public:
Attachment (
	String^ fileName
)
public Attachment (
	String fileName
)
public function Attachment (
	fileName : String
)
Not applicable.

Parameters

fileName

A String that contains a file path to use to create this attachment.

Exception typeCondition

ArgumentNullException

fileName is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

fileName is empty.

The properties are set as follows:

The following code example demonstrates how to call this constructor.

public static void CreateMessageInlineAttachment2(string server, string
textMessage)
{
    // Create a message and set up the recipients.
    MailMessage message = new MailMessage(
       "jane@contoso.com",
       "ben@contoso.com",
       "A text message for you.",
       "Message: ");

    // Attach the message string to this e-mail message.
    Attachment data = new Attachment(textMessage);
    // Send textMessage as part of the e-mail body.
    message.Attachments.Add(data);
    ContentType content = data.ContentType;
    content.MediaType = MediaTypeNames.Text.Plain;
    //Send the message.
    // Include credentials if the server requires them.
    SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
    client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
    client.Send(message);
    data.Dispose();
}

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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