Rails - Jul 2006 - ActionMailer and PDF Attachment and corrupt file?

Community,
   
  I''m struggling with an issue and I''m sure it is trivial but
I cannot find the solution.  I''m trying to attach a PDF file to an
email.  For simplicity, I have explicitely named a given file but when I get the
email, the attachment is only a partial of the document which causes it to be
corrupt.  Sample below:
   
  @recipients = ''test@testrecipient.com''
  @from = "Test <test@mydomain.com>"
  @subject = "My Subject" 
  
   
  fileName = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/documents/test.pdf"
  attachment :content_type => "application/pdf",
  :content_disposition => "attachment",
  :body => File.read(fileName) 
   
  I''m using the testMail = MyMailer.create_test_mail followed by
MyMailer.deliver(testMail) process and the email is being sent, along with an
attachment but the attachment is only about half of the actual original file
size.  The beginning part of the file appears to be correct - but for some
reason, the entire file isn''t being sent.
   
  Any ideas?  Also, how do I name the attachment?  It is coming across as Part
1.1.
   
  Your help is greatly appreciated!  I have followed various examples found on
the web and ROR site but apparently am missing something basic!
   
  Thanks,
   
  Michael
   
   
   

 			
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FYI,
   
  I was able to solve my problem by changing strategy a little.  Instead of
saving the rendered PDF to a file and then using that file in the attachment I
render it in memory and pass that to ActionMailer.  This leads me to believe the
problem is with File.read and based on earlier posts, probably limited to
Windows machines.
   
  Sample:
   
  From the controller:
   
  # p.render is the pdfwriter method to take my generated PDF and render it in
memory
  my_email = MyMailer.create_test_email(@order, p.render)
  MyMailer.deliver(my_email) 
   
  From MyMailer:
   
  def test_email(order, pdfFile)
    @recipients = order.email_address
    @from = "UserName <testsender@mydomain.com>"
    @subject = "Test Email Attachment" 
  
   
    
attachment :content_disposition => "attachment",  
     :body => pdfFile, 
     :content_type => "application/pdf",
     :filename => ''whatever_name_you_want.pdf''
  
  end
  
Hope this helps someone avoid the same problem that I had with the incomplete
files being read in with File.read.
   
  Regards,
   
  Michael


Michael <codeslush@yahoo.com> wrote:    Community,
   
  I''m struggling with an issue and I''m sure it is trivial but
I cannot find the solution.  I''m trying to attach a PDF file to an
email.  For simplicity, I have explicitely named a given file but when I get the
email, the attachment is only a partial of the document which causes it to be
corrupt.  Sample below:
   
  @recipients = ''test@testrecipient.com''
  @from = "Test <test@mydomain.com>"
  @subject = "My Subject" 
  
   
  fileName = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/documents/test.pdf"
  attachment :content_type => "application/pdf",
  :content_disposition => "attachment",
  :body => File.read(fileName) 
   
  I''m using the testMail = MyMailer.create_test_mail followed by
MyMailer.deliver(testMail) process and the email is being sent, along with an
attachment but the attachment is only about half of the actual original file
size.  The beginning part of the file appears to be correct - but for some
reason, the entire file isn''t being sent.
   
  Any ideas?  Also, how do I name the attachment?  It is coming across as Part
1.1.
   
  Your help is greatly appreciated!  I have followed various examples found on
the web and ROR site but apparently am missing something basic!
   
  Thanks,
   
  Michael
   
   
   
    
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