I have been having trouble getting images embedded

Code :

PHP Code:
                try
                    {
                        Outlook._MailItem oMailItemCon = (Outlook._MailItem)oApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
                        Outlook.
                        oMailItemCon.To = contactEMail.Text;
                        oMailItemCon.Subject = fldSubject.Text;
                        if(contact.State == "CO")
                            oMailItemCon.HTMLBody = fldMsg.Text += User.GetSignatureCO();
                        else
                            oMailItemCon.HTMLBody = fldMsg.Text += User.GetSignature();
                        foreach (string path in lstAttachments.Items)
                        {
                            oMailItemCon.Attachments.Add(path, Outlook.OlAttachmentType.olByValue,(int)oMailItemCon.Body.Length + 1, path);
                        }
                        string contentID = "test001@host";
                        
                        //oMailItemCon.HtmlBody = "<html><body>this is a <img src=\"cid:" + contentID + "\"> embedded picture.</body></html>";
                        //oMailItemCon.AddEmbeddedImage;
                        //???
                        oMailItemCon
                        oMailItemCon.Send();

                    }
                    
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Alert.ErrMsgException(53224,"Could not send email message",ex);
                                        
                    } 
there is a class for this in
System.Web.UI.WebControls

the code above is native C#. the contaxt of the application is that it is a contact management application that uses outlook to send messages. the reason I am using Outlook is because the environment has a robust firewall and the exchange server does not allow direct internal SMTP. (no relaying)

Below is a way to do it using CDO. I just need help making the connection. I think I need to add the images as an attachment and change the properties of the attachment. but I don't even have a clue how that would be accomplished.

Set oAttachs = oMsg.Attachments
Set oAttach = oAttachs.Item(1)
Set colFields = oAttach.Fields
Set oField = colFields.Add(CdoPR_ATTACH_MIME_TAG, "image/jpeg")
Set oField = colFields.Add(&H3712001E, "myident")
oMsg.Fields.Add "{0820060000000000C000000000000046}0x8514", 11, True
oMsg.Update