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Q62063: Mac Hyp: Reading an Enclosed File from a Message

Article: Q62063
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For Appletalk Networks
Version(s): 2.0,3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit (SDK) for HyperCard, versions 2.0, 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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The following syntax reads the enclosed file contained in the specified message
from the Mail server:

     msmail(getEnclosure, messageRef [,fileName] [,replace] [,index])
     => fileName

MORE INFORMATION
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The file is saved under the name "fileName". "fileName" can be a complete path
or a partial path as explained under addEnclosure. If no name is provided, the
standard Macintosh Save File dialog box is displayed, allowing the user to
specify a name.

"messageRef" is a reference to a selected message obtained by making a call to
the msmail function using a parameter that returns a message reference.

If the "replace" flag is true and a file with the name "fileName" already exists
on your system, it will be overwritten. If "replace" is false, then "#n" (where
"n" is a number) will be appended to the filename before it is saved so that the
existing file is not overwritten. The "replace" flag is ignored if "fileName" is
not specified.

The optional "index" parameter allows multiple enclosures to be extracted from a
message. Since this feature was not implemented in Microsoft Mail 2.00, passing
anything other than 0 (zero) in Mail 2.00 returns an error (0 is the default).

Note: The "index" parameter changed in Mail 3.00. The "index" parameter can be
from 1 to the number of enclosed files. Updated scripts that were used with Mail
2.00 should be modified if they used the optional 0 index. Otherwise, a "Bad
Index error" will be returned in MailResultText. The default in Mail 3.00 is 1.

In all cases, the name (not path) that the file was successfully saved with is
returned.

This information is taken from the "Microsoft Mail HyperCard Interface
Documentation."

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbAudDeveloper kbMailSearch kbSDKSearch kbSDKMailHypercard200 kbSDKMailHypercard300
Version           : :2.0,3.0

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