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<task id="GUID-D8D698FF-08CD-56B4-A6BF-E185A25F6988" xml:lang="en"><title>Retrieving

and modifying attachments to messages</title><shortdesc>The messaging framework allows you to retrieve and modify attachments

to messages. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><taskbody>

<context id="GUID-15885C98-AB41-5250-BC54-8FD519FCC2DB"><p>Attachments may

be retrieved and modified after they have been added to a message. </p> </context>

<steps id="GUID-8EC42591-32C1-5790-B644-E9DD82F4C767">

<step id="GUID-7FB4A7D1-965F-5E58-9606-0B2BBDFA9781"><cmd>Get the details

of the message to which you want to add an attachment using <xref href="GUID-85BBE389-81F7-3E2F-A789-446D9BE2CC49.dita#GUID-85BBE389-81F7-3E2F-A789-446D9BE2CC49/GUID-1864B96D-CB22-3EE1-8E73-023F12C68CB0"><apiname>CMsvEntry::EditStoreL()</apiname></xref>. </cmd>

<info>This function returns <xref href="GUID-8CB90FA2-A6CF-3FA2-81FF-7D22EFD9C2CE.dita"><apiname>CMsvStore</apiname></xref> in writable mode. </info>

</step>

<step id="GUID-BF15138A-9F76-5BD0-A72F-8A125B011CCE"><cmd>Get an <xref href="GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD.dita"><apiname>MMsvAttachmentManager</apiname></xref> attachment

manager for the message entry, using <xref href="GUID-8CB90FA2-A6CF-3FA2-81FF-7D22EFD9C2CE.dita#GUID-8CB90FA2-A6CF-3FA2-81FF-7D22EFD9C2CE/GUID-73CE27F3-855B-3F87-AE11-4B4F2B8F8825"><apiname>CMsvStore::AttachmentManagerL()</apiname></xref>. </cmd>

</step>

<step id="GUID-A7041D09-6EA5-54CE-A972-E0D4993C26FC"><cmd/>

<info>Find how many attachments a message entry has using the <xref href="GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD.dita#GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD/GUID-BAA9F4CF-E7F8-3644-8C0D-4387BAB7C432"><apiname>MMsvAttachmentManager::AttachmentCount()</apiname></xref> function. </info>

</step>

<step id="GUID-A58AFC6B-ADBA-5D3F-824F-A9EBDEBB2A0A"><cmd/>

<info>Get attachment attributes using the appropriate <xref href="GUID-8C2B9B89-D6B7-3622-AF26-658F53BCB70F.dita"><apiname>CMsvAttachment</apiname></xref> functions.

. </info>

</step>

<step id="GUID-5574C96C-2E2B-55CC-AE8A-BF44CFD76D4B"><cmd/>

<info>Get attachment information using the <xref href="GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD.dita#GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD/GUID-256088DF-2FD0-32D9-8EEE-EFAC65A8E9AC"><apiname>MMsvAttachmentManager::GetattachmentL()</apiname></xref> function. </info>

</step>

</steps>

<example id="GUID-94880E70-F23F-5F18-8E0F-A29B99C96E4B"><title>Retrieval and

modification example</title> <p>The following code uses the <xref href="GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD.dita#GUID-4E2B0CEA-1EDA-3452-895D-3CE1B59FD8FD/GUID-BAA9F4CF-E7F8-3644-8C0D-4387BAB7C432"><apiname>MMsvAttachmentManager::AttachmentCount()</apiname></xref> and <xref href="GUID-C7C9E584-2E24-3B65-9E37-F4085F9F7CDB.dita"><apiname>GetattachmentL()</apiname></xref> functions to get attachment information. It then calls the various <xref href="GUID-8C2B9B89-D6B7-3622-AF26-658F53BCB70F.dita"><apiname>CMsvAttachment</apiname></xref> accessor

functions to get the attachment attributes, and to access the attachment file

itself: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-FEEB49D7-E9D4-59E7-B9EC-CF87DA3140FE" xml:space="preserve">void CFoo::GetAttachmentInfoL(MMsvAttachmentManager&amp; attManager)

    {

    // get number of attachments

    TInt numAttach = attManager.AttachmentCount();

    if ( numAttach == 0 ) 

       { // no attachments

       return;

       }

    // Get attachment attributes for the first attachment (index 0)

    CMsvAttachment* attachInfo = attManager.GetAttachmentInfoL(0);

    // Ownership of attachInfo is transferred to the caller - so push it onto the CleanupStack

    CleanupStack::PushL(attachInfo);

    // Get attachment's name 

    const TDesC& attachName = attachInfo->AttachmentName();

    // Get attachment's size 

    TInt attachSize = attachInfo->Size();

    // Get attachment's type 

    CMsvAttachment::TMsvAttachmentType attachType = attachInfo->Type();

    // Get MIME type 

    const TDesC8& attachMType = attachInfo->MimeType();

    // Get completeness flag   

    TBool complete = attachInfo->Complete(); 

    ...

    // Destroy attachInfo when finished.  

    CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(attachInfo);

    }</codeblock> <p>You can modify attachment information for an existing

attachment using the <xref href="GUID-ECE58326-D542-3C73-AE6F-959DCF64A875.dita"><apiname>ModifyattachmentL()</apiname></xref> function. The

attachment information object passed in replaces the existing attachment information

object. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-DDA08731-A761-5D7F-91DF-41DBC0D16583" xml:space="preserve">void CFoo::ModifyAttachmentInfoL(CMsvEntry&amp; aEntry)

    {

    // Get the store

    CMsvStore* store = aEntry.EditStoreL();

    CleanupStack::PushL(store);

    MMsvAttachmentManager& attManager = store->AttachmentManagerL();

    // Get number of attachments

    TInt numAttach = attManager.AttachmentCount();

    if ( numAttach == 0 ) 

       { // no attachments

       CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy() ; // store

       return;

       }

    // Get attachment attributes for the first attachment (index 0)

    CMsvAttachment* attachment = attManager.GetAttachmentInfoL(0);

    CleanupStack::PushL( attachment ) ;

    // Rename the file

    TRequestStatus status;

    _LIT(KFileName, "hello.txt");

    attachment->SetAttachmentNameL(KFileName);

    attachment->SetComplete(EFalse);

    // Modify attachment info

    attManager.ModifyAttachmentInfoL(attachment, status);

    // Wait for request to complete

    User::WaitForRequest(status);

    attachment->SetComplete(ETrue);  

    store->CommitL();

    CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(2, store); // attachment, store

    }</codeblock> </example>

</taskbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-1963A487-D6A7-4225-8D0C-EC5FAB746854.dita"><linktext>Messaging

Attachments Tutorial</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-54AB166A-8B24-5065-92AD-5FC1BF3ED89C.dita"><linktext>Messaging

Framework Overview</linktext></link>