Sending mail with PDF file attachment ?

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have scenario File ---> Mail, monitoring FTP directory for PDF file and sending using mail attachment.

At the moment i am using JAVA mapping to construct the mail package structure follow all the step in this blog :

it is working if i am using text file but then how to encode the pdf content so i can send throught the mail adapter. ?

Thank you and Best Regards

Fernand

[Former Member]

Hi,

Actually, i am using this java code below :

try {

// create XML structure of mail package

String output = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"

+ "<ns:Mail xmlns:ns=\"http://sap.com/xi/XI/Mail/30\">"

+ "<Subject>" + mailSubject + "</Subject>"

+ "<From>" + mailSender + "</From>"

+ "<To>" + mailReceiver + "</To>"

+ "<Content_Type>multipart/mixed; boundary=\"" + boundary + "\"</Content_Type>"

+ "<Content>";

out.write(output.getBytes());

// create the declaration of the MIME parts

//First part

output = "--" + boundary + CRLF

+ "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" + CRLF

//+ "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit" + CRLF

+ "Content-Disposition: inline" + CRLF + CRLF

+ mailContent + CRLF

//Second part

+ "--" + boundary + CRLF

+ "Content-Type: Application/pdf; name=" + attachmentName + CRLF

//+ "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" + CRLF

+ "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" + attachmentName + CRLF + CRLF;

out.write(output.getBytes());

//Source is taken as attachment

copySource(in, out);

out.write("</Content></ns:Mail>".getBytes());

} catch (IOException e) {

throw new StreamTransformationException(e.getMessage());

}

}

protected static void copySource(InputStream in, OutputStream out)

throws IOException {

byte[] bbuf = new byte[in.available()];

int bblen = in.read(bbuf);

if (!(bblen < 0)) {

//String sbuf = new String(bbuf);

//String encoded = Base64.encode(sbuf);

// replace all control characters with escape sequences

//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("&", "&amp;");

//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("\"", "&quot;");

//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("'", "&apos;");

//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("<", "&lt;");

//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll(">", "&gt;");

out.write(bbuf);

}

}

This code working fine with text file but not for pdf file. because i got error in mail adapter :

Message processing failed. Cause: com.sap.aii.af.ra.ms.api.RecoverableException: com.sap.aii.messaging.util.XMLScanException: java.lang.NullPointerException; nested exception caused by: com.sap.engine.lib.xml.parser.NestedSAXParserException: Fatal Error: com.sap.engine.lib.xml.parser.ParserException: Unsupported character: 8f(:main:, row:11, col:4)(:main:, row=11, col=4) -> com.sap.engine.lib.xml.parser.ParserException: Unsupported character: 8f(:main:, row:11, col:4)

I guest the problem because the mail adapter doen't accept pdf content insite the mail package.

please advise me

Best Regards

Fernand

[Former Member]

Hi,

try to use the ISO-8859-1 encoding, making some tests I could open using my browser and xml file that contains a pdf (binary) placed in a xml label.

Anyway, I think the problem you are facing is that as your code is in the adapter, the parser is expecting xml and pdf isn´t.

My scenario is pretty different from yours as it as follows:

SOAP channel

PDF attachment

XML message containing the pdf in base64 must be sent through an HTTP channel.

I solved this developing an EJB that deals with the attachment and create the XML.

Hope this helps, Sergio

[Former Member]

Hi Fernand,

You can consider sending the mail via HTTPS protocol or using Digital Signatures. This would encrypt the entire content (Payload+attachments) during transmission.

For content encoding, you can choose one of the options next to Content Encoding under Mail Attributes in the Mail receiver adapter.

Regards,

Riyaz

[Former Member]

Hi Madhu,

Thank you for your response, but then i don't want to use abap to send the email. i want to use XI mail adapter. but i have problem to encode the pdf content. int the mail package format.

Best Regards

Fernand

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check this blog for more clarification:

Thanks,

Boopathi

[Former Member]

Hi,

e-Mail XML messages in PDF format from SAP XI.

Thanks,

Madhu