How to attach generated PDF to .NET SMTP?

Question

I am using PDFsharp to generate a job report. I need that report automatically attached to an outgoing e-mail. Right now when the user is viewing the job information in a angular modal, they click Email and the report is generated and a new modal appears with the e-mail input fields. How do I setup the Email Controller to find the correct PDF in the JobSetupPdfs folder?

PdfController

public string Get(int id = 1)
    {

        JobDataAdapter adapter = new JobDataAdapter();
        Job job = new Job();
        job = adapter.GetJob(id);
        if (job == null)
        {
            return string.Empty;
        }

        try
        {
        // Create a new PDF document
            PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
            document.Info.Title = "Created with PDFsharp";

         gfx.DrawString("Texas Exterior Systems", HeadingFont, XBrushes.Black,
              new XRect(0, 50, page.Width, page.Height),
              XStringFormats.TopCenter);

            gfx.DrawString("Job Setup Sheet", BodyFont, XBrushes.Black,
              new XRect(0, 80, page.Width, page.Height),
              XStringFormats.TopCenter);

       var filename = string.Format(@"C:\Users\texas_000\Desktop\TexasExterior\TexasExterior\JobSetupPdfs\{0}.pdf", job.JobName);
            document.Save(filename);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Debug.Print(ex.ToString());
        }
        return string.Empty;


    }

Mail Controller

[Authorize]
    public ActionResult EmailPdf( string To, string Cc, string comments, string Bcc, HttpPostedFileBase fileUploader)
    {

        try
        {
            SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient("mail.texasicecarving.com", 8889);
            //client.EnableSsl = true;
            client.Timeout = 100000;
            client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
            client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
            client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("postmaster@texasicecarving.com", "******");
            MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
            if (fileUploader != null)
            {
                string fileName = Path.GetFileName(fileUploader.FileName);
                msg.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(fileUploader.InputStream, fileName));
            }
            msg.To.Add(new MailAddress( "texas697@gmail.com"));
            msg.From = new MailAddress("postmaster@texasicecarving.com");
           // msg.Subject = name + " " + subject;
            msg.Body = comments;

            //MailAddress Ccopy = new MailAddress(user.Email);
            //msg.CC.Add(Ccopy);

            //MailAddress Bcopy = new MailAddress(Bcc);
            //msg.Bcc.Add(Bcopy);

            client.Send(msg);
            Console.WriteLine("Successfully Sent Message.");
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }
        return View();
    }

Angular Controller

 $scope.EmailPdf = function () {
    $http.get('/api/Pdf/{id}').success(function () {
        $scope.PrintPreviewModal();
    });
}

Update OK, so I have it setup with the correct path. Now how do I have it attach the PDF that was just generated? Would I need to add a time stamp to the PDF and have msg.Attachments attach the newest PDF in that folder?

 msg.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(@"C:\Users\texas_000\Desktop\TexasExterior\TexasExterior\JobSetupPdfs\Restoration.pdf"));

Answer 1

You can use the attachments collection on the mail message object.

msg.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(PathToAttachment));

Check out this MSDN article for more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.mailmessage.attachments.aspx