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Attachment::CreateAttachmentFromString Method (String, String)

Creates a mail attachment using the content from the specified string, and the specified MIME content type name.

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

public:
static Attachment^ CreateAttachmentFromString(
	String^ content, 
	String^ name
)

Parameters

content
Type: System::String

A String that contains the content for this attachment.

name
Type: System::String

The MIME content type name value in the content type associated with this attachment.

Return Value

Type: System.Net.Mail::Attachment
An object of type Attachment.

If the content is in ASCII format then the character encoding is set to ASCII. For all other formats, the character encoding is set to utf-8. The default media type is plain text.

If the content is not in ASCII format and the encoding is null, utf-8 encoding is used.

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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