Need to work with $FILE attachments and I cannot access them

attachment, lotusscript, richtext

Solution

Try the `EmbeddedObjects` property of the `NotesDocument` object. Something like this:

Forall obj_Email in MailDoc.EmbeddedObjects
  If obj_Email.Type = EMBED_ATTACHMENT then
    Call obj_Email.Extract(sometempdirectory$ & obj_Email.Name)
    Call rti_Email.EmbedObject(EMBED_ATTACHMENT, "", sometempdirectory$ & obj_Email.Name)
End Forall

You can also do it without detaching if you wish.

Problem

I have an incoming email (mail-in db) that contains a RichTextField where "some" attachments are found. I am also finding attachments not in the RTF but in the Document as $FILE. I am trying to get a handle on all the objects to copy them to another outgoing email. I can find the $FILE using the code below. ``` Dim rtiObject as NotesEmbeddedObject Dim rti_Email as NotesRichTextItem Dim obj_Email as NotesEmbeddedObject ForAll p in mailDoc.items if p.Name = "$FILE" then set obj_Email = mailDoc.GetAttachment(p.Values(0)) 'this will return the Name of the attachment (or file) set rtiObject = rti_Email.EmbedObject( EMBED_ATTACHMENT, "", obj_Email.Name) 'this is supposed to attach the file to the document's RTF End If End ForAll ``` When this script runs it finds the $FILE files and returns the name but not the object and I cannot do anything with it from there. What do I need to do to get the attachment/object ($FILE) from the original doc and attach it to an RTF in the outgoing email? I thought about detaching the attachment to the network and then attaching it to the outgoing email and then deleting the attachment from the network but that seems impractical. Is there a better way to handle these $FILE type of attachments on the incoming email that would make this easier?

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