Attachment Object

Description

Represents a single file or Internet address attached to a field object.

Remarks

An Attachment object represents a single a file or Internet address attached to a field object and opened directly from ALM. For example, design documents, detailed defect descriptions, graphic files, and Web pages can be used as attachments.

Get an Attachment object through the Attachments property (attachment factory) of any object that implements IBaseFieldEx, SubjectNode.Attachments, or TestSetFolder.Attachments.

Interfaces

Implemented Interface	Description
IAttachment	Represents a single file or Internet address attached to a field object.
IBaseField2	Represents a basic data field or entity, such as an attachment.
IBaseField3	Represents a basic data field or entity, such as an attachment.
IBaseField4	Represents a basic data field or entity, such as an attachment.

Public Methods

Load	Downloads an attachment file to a client machine.
LockObject	Locks the object. Returns True if the object has been changed on the server.
Post	Posts all changed values into database.
Refresh	Reads saved values, overwriting values in memory.
Rename	Renames the attachment on the server. The attachment must be uploaded before calling this method.
Save	Uploads a file to the server.
Undo	Undoes changes to field values that have not been posted.
UnLockObject	Unlocks the object.

Public Properties

AttachmentStorage	Deprecated. The ExtendedStorage object of this attachment. Applies only to file attachments.
AutoPost	If true, the database is updated immediately when the field value changes.
AutoUnlock	Indicates whether to make the item changeable to other users automatically after a Refresh or Post.
Data	If the attachment is a file, an array of bytes. If a reference to file, the path or URL.
Description	The attachment description.
DirectLink	The link or the attachment file name on the server machine.
Field	The value of the specified field.
FieldMultiValue	The MultiValue object of the specified field.
FileName	If a file, the file location. If a virtual file, the location for the attachment before it is uploaded to the server. If a URL, the link address.
FileSize	Obsolete.Use IAttachment3 FileSizeEx instead. The attachment file size in bytes.
FileSizeEx	The attachment file size in bytes.
ID	The item ID.
IsLocked	Checks if object is locked for editing.
LastModified	The last modified time.
Modified	Checks if the item has been modified since last refresh or post operation. If true, the field properties on the server side are not up to date.
Name	The attachment name.
ServerFileName	The path to the attachment on the server machine.
Type	The attachment type. Either File or URL.
TypeName	The field's type.
Virtual	Checks if this is a virtual item, that is, an item that does not have a corresponding database record.