Examples: Working with attachments and embedded objects in LotusScript® classes

This agent extracts the file attachments in the Body item of the current document using NotesRichTextNavigator methods to get the attachments.

REM Run this against a selected document that has Body field
REM Body field should contain file attachments
Sub Initialize
  Dim session As NotesSession
  Dim db As NotesDatabase
  Dim dc As NotesDocumentCollection
  Dim doc As NotesDocument
  Dim body As NotesRichTextItem
  Dim rtnav As NotesRichTextNavigator
  Dim att As NotesEmbeddedObject
  Set session = New NotesSession
  Set db = session.CurrentDatabase
  Set dc = db.UnprocessedDocuments
  Set doc = dc.GetFirstDocument
  If Not doc.HasEmbedded Then Exit Sub
  Set body = doc.GetFirstItem("Body")
  Set rtnav = body.CreateNavigator
  
  REM Get attachments
  If rtnav.FindFirstElement(RTELEM_TYPE_FILEATTACHMENT) Then
    Do
      Set att = rtnav.GetElement()
      filepath$ = "C:\Files\" & att.Source
      Call att.ExtractFile(filepath$)
      Print filepath$ & " extracted"
    Loop While rtnav.FindNextElement()
  End If
End Sub

This agent extracts the file attachments in the Body item of the current document using NotesRichTextItem.EmbeddedObjects property to get the attachments.

REM Run this against a selected document that has Body field
REM Body field should contain file attachments
Sub Initialize
  Dim session As NotesSession
  Dim db As NotesDatabase
  Dim dc As NotesDocumentCollection
  Dim doc As NotesDocument
  Dim body As NotesRichTextItem
  Set session = New NotesSession
  Set db = session.CurrentDatabase
  Set dc = db.UnprocessedDocuments
  Set doc = dc.GetFirstDocument
  If Not doc.HasEmbedded Then Exit Sub
  Set body = doc.GetFirstItem("Body")
  
  REM Get attachments
  Forall att In body.EmbeddedObjects
    If att.Type = EMBED_ATTACHMENT Then
      filepath$ = "C:\Files\" & att.Source
      Call att.ExtractFile(filepath$)
      Print filepath$ & " extracted"
    End If
  End Forall
End Sub

This form action example displays properties of all the embedded objects in a document.

Sub Click(Source As Button)
  Dim workspace As New NotesUIWorkspace
  Dim uidoc As NotesUIDocument
  Dim doc As NotesDocument
  Dim item As Variant
  Set uidoc = workspace.CurrentDocument
  Set doc = uidoc.Document
  Set item = doc.GetFirstItem("Body")
  Forall embobj In item.EmbeddedObjects
    verbs = "No verbs"
    Select Case embobj.Type
    Case EMBED_OBJECTLINK : _
    embobjType = "Object link"
    Case EMBED_ATTACHMENT : _
    embobjType = "Attachment"
    Case EMBED_OBJECT : embobjType = "Object"
      verbs = "Verbs:"
      Forall verb In embobj.Verbs
        verbs = verbs & " " & verb
      End Forall
    End Select
    Messagebox "Name: " & embobj.Name & Chr(10) _
    & "Class: " & embobj.Class & Chr(10) _
    & "File size: " & embobj.FileSize & Chr(10) _
    & "Type: " & embobjType & Chr(10) & verbs
  End Forall
End Sub

This form action example activates the first or only embedded object in a document.

Sub Click(Source As Button)
  Dim workspace As New NotesUIWorkspace
  Dim uidoc As NotesUIDocument
  Dim doc As NotesDocument
  Dim item As Variant
  Set uidoc = workspace.CurrentDocument
  Set doc = uidoc.Document
  Set item = doc.GetFirstItem("Body")
  If Isempty (item.EmbeddedObjects) Then
    Messagebox "No embedded object in document"
    Exit Sub
  End If
  If item.EmbeddedObjects(0).Type <> EMBED_OBJECT Then
    Messagebox "Object not an embedded object"
    Exit Sub
  End If
  Call item.EmbeddedObjects(0).Activate(True)
End Sub

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