Can't figure out how to do attachments with MvcMailer

Question

Exactly how, and where, do I place the actual file location for the string attachmentPath:

public virtual MailMessage Welcome(string attachmentPath)
    {
        var mailMessage = new MailMessage{Subject = "Welcome to MvcMailer"};
        ...
        mailMessage.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(attachmentPath));
        PopulateBody(mailMessage, "Welcome");
        return mailMessage;
    }

Presume a physical file location on the server of c:\inetpub\server\website\docs\test.pdf

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '12 at 18:47

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You would do something like this:

mailMessage.Attachments.Add(new Attachment((Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory) + "\docs\") + attachmentFile))

Where attachmentFile is your file test.pdf.

c:\inetpub\server\website\docs\test.pdf

answered Jul 26 '12 at 18:47

Ecnalyr

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Sorry for the late response. Where exactly am I "declaring" (if that's what it is) `attachmentFile`? And how do I "declare" it? – REMESQ Jul 29 '12 at 14:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '12 at 11:16

Just replace attachmentPath with @"c:\inetpub\server\website\docs\test.pdf" like this:

Change attachmentPath

mailMessage.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(attachmentPath));

to @"c:\inetpub\server\website\docs\test.pdf"

mailMessage.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(@"c:\inetpub\server\website\docs\test.pdf"));

Can't figure out how to do attachments with MvcMailer

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