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"CharlesLeggette" <charlesleggette@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to attach a file and send it....but the C++ syntax
> is not very intuitive..

That is because you are going about it all wrong.  You need to instantiate a
TIdAttachmentFile object instead, for example:

    TIdAttachmentFile *attachment = new TIdAttachmentFile(msg->MessageParts,
"C:\\Ada\\Src\\plan.cpp");
    // set attachment's properties as needed...

> catch(Exception *e)

Always catch exceptions by (preferrably const) reference, never by pointers:

    catch(const Exception &e)

> void __fastcall TForm1::msgCreateAttachment(const TIdMessage *AMsg, const
> TStrings *AHeaders, TIdAttachment *&AAttachment)
> {
> AAttachment->ContentLocation= "C:\\Ada\\Src\\plan.cpp";
> AAttachment->ContentDescription = "C:Ada.Src.plan.cpp";
> }

The purpose of the OnCreateAttachment event is for you to instantiate your
own instance of a suitable TIdAttachment-derived class (TIdAttachmentFile,
TIdAttachmentMemory, or custom class) for a particular file when
receiving/loading a message, not when sending a message.  TIdMessage uses
TIdAttachmentFile by default for all inbound attachments.  For example:

    void __fastcall TForm1::msgCreateAttachment(const TIdMessage *AMsg,
const TStrings *AHeaders, TIdAttachment *&AAttachment)
    {
        // analyze AHeaders as needed...
        AAttachment = new TIdAttachmentMemory(AMsg->MessageParts);
        // or:
        // AAttachment = new TIdAttachmentFile(AMsg->MessageParts);
        // or whatever you need...
    }

The inbound attachment data will then be loaded into the object after the
event handler exits.


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