MailAttachment.Load Method

Set the attachment data, content-type and file name from an existing file.

public void Load(
string filePath
);

Parameters

filePath: Specifies the full or relative path of the file to load.

Remarks

Use this method to quickly an easily build a MailAttachment object from a file. The Data property is set to a byte array containg the file data, the Type property is calculated from the file name, and the Name property is set to the file name. Note that all these properties can be modified after calling the Load method.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	filePath is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	filePath contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
FileNotFoundException	filePath cannot be found.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission.
DirectoryNotFoundException	filePath is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive.
UnauthorizedAccessException	The access requested is not permitted by the operating system for the specified filePath.
PathTooLongException	The specified filePath exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters.
IOException	An I/O error occurs.
OutOfMemoryException	filePath content length exceeds the int.MaxValue value.

Example

This sample shows how to load a MailAttachment object from a file

Mail oMail = new Mail();
MailAttachment oAttachment = new MailAttachment();
oAttachment.Load(@"c:\documentations\product_specs.pdf");
oMail.Attachments.Add(oAttachment);

MailAttachment.Load Method

Parameters

Remarks

Exceptions

Example

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