Email Body - Plain Text and/or HTML

Any given email may have a plain-text body, an HTML body, or both. The Body property will return the HTML body by default (if it exists) otherwise it will return the plain-text body. There are methods for checking to see if an email has a particular body (HasPlainTextBody and HasHtmlBody) and there are methods for getting a specific body: GetHtmlBody, GetPlainTextBody.

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Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();

//  Load an email from a .eml
bool success;
success = email.LoadEml("something.eml");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Display the default Body:
textBox1.Text += email.Body + "\r\n";

//  If a plain-text body is present, display it:
bool bText;
bText = email.HasPlainTextBody();
if (bText) {
    textBox1.Text += email.GetPlainTextBody() + "\r\n";
}

//  If an HTML body is present, display the HTML source:
bool bHtml;
bHtml = email.HasHtmlBody();
if (bHtml) {
    textBox1.Text += email.GetHtmlBody() + "\r\n";
}