How to get attachments name from outlook?

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How to get attachments name from outlook? using C#. I have got the body of the email, sender email address, How to get the attachment names and how to get those attachments?

Thanks.. i got the attachment names. How to get those attachements. Like a text document, pdf file, Image. etc.. Please guide me!!!

Posted 4-Jul-12 0:04am

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Updated 4-Jul-12 1:29am

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perilbrain · Answer 1 · 2012-07-04T00:09:00

C# Code snippet to send an Email with attachment from Outlook, Yahoo, HotMail, AOL and Gmail[^]

C#

<pre>using System.Text;   
// ...   
private void GetAttachmentsInfo(Outlook.MailItem email)   
{   
    StringBuilder attachmentInfo = new StringBuilder();   
    Outlook.Attachments mailAttachments = email.Attachments;   
    if (mailAttachments != null)   
    {   
       for (int i = 1; i < = mailAttachments.Count; i++)   
       {   
          Outlook.Attachment currentAttachment = mailAttachments.Item(i);   
          if (currentAttachment != null)   
          {   
              attachmentInfo.AppendFormat(   
                 "#{0}\n\rFile name: {1}\n\rDisplay Name: {2}\n\rType: {3}\n\n\r",   
                 i,  currentAttachment.FileName, currentAttachment.DisplayName,   
                 currentAttachment.Type);   
              Marshal.ReleaseComObject(currentAttachment);   
          }   
       }   
       if (attachmentInfo.Length > 0)   
          System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(   
             attachmentInfo.ToString(), "E-mail attachments");   
       Marshal.ReleaseComObject(mailAttachments);   
    }   
}

from both you can drive out what you need....

DamithSL · Answer 2 · 2012-07-04T00:12:00

C#

private void GetAttachments(Outlook.MailItem mailItem)
 {
     Outlook.Attachments attachments = mailItem.Attachments;
     if (attachments != null && attachments.Count > 0)
     {
         for (int i = 1; i <= attachments.Count; i++)
         {
             Outlook.Attachment attachment = attachments[i];
             if (attachment.Type == Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlAttachmentType.olByValue)
             {
                 // here you can get file name as
                 //string filename = attachment.FileName;
                 // if you want to save path in d:\Attachments\ then try as
                 string filename = Path.Combine(@"d:\Attachments\", attachment.FileName);
                 attachment.SaveAsFile(filename);

             }
         }
     }
 }

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