CDOsys attachment encoding problem

[tlhawkins]

Hello all,

I'm writing a function to send email using CDOSYS with an external SMTP server and authentication. That part is working fine but I went to add on the ability to send attachments using .addAttachment which works in theory. The attachment arrives but will not open (it's a PDF) the error says something about being unable to decode.

I've read about PDFs getting scrambled when attached but I can find no resolution to this using CDOSYS.

Any ideas?
Thanks

Travis Hawkins
BeachBum Software

http://www.beacbumsoftware.com

 

[Sheco]

Try sending a text file and see if it gets damaged. If that works try sending a small binary file perhaps notepad.exe or calc.exe and see if the recipient can execute it.

 

[tlhawkins]

I tried that...

TXT file makes it just fine, but OUTLOOK wont let me have the .exe attachment to see if it will execute.

I've read about issues like this having to do with encoding, but I can't find a way to change the encoding on CDOSYS messages besides MIME, or UUENCODE. Neither of those options works.

any other ways to change the encoding?


Travis Hawkins
BeachBum Software

http://www.beachbumsoftware.com

 

[tlhawkins]

a bit of an update...
a zipped msi installation package transfers with no issues.

Travis Hawkins
BeachBum Software

http://www.beachbumsoftware.com

 

[Sheco]

If the binary transferred with no issues than I guess its not an encoding problem.

Are you sure that this PDF is actually a good file that the recipient computer would otherwise be able to read?

 

[tlhawkins]

Oh for crying out loud!!!
the PDF was screwed up.
Sorry to waste all of your time, I should have checked that first.


Travis Hawkins
BeachBum Software

http://www.beachbumsoftware.com