Save Email Attachments to Filesystem

Saves email attachments to a directory.

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// Needs #include <CkMailMan.h>
// Needs #include <CkImap.h>
// Needs #include <CkEmail.h>

    CkString strOut;

    //  Create a MailMan or Imap object first for the purpose
    //  of unlocking the component. (Only one is necessary)
    CkMailMan mailman;
    mailman.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");
    CkImap imap;
    imap.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");

    CkEmail email;

    //  Load an email object containing attachments.
    //  This .eml can be downloaded from:
    //  http://www.example-code.com/testData/HtmlEmail.eml
    bool success;
    success = email.LoadEml("HtmlEmail.eml");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(email.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  If OverwriteExisting is turned on, files with the same
    //  name are overwritten.  If turned off, new/unique filenames
    //  are automatically generated.  The filenames actually saved
    //  are accessible via the GetAttachmentFilename method.
    email.put_OverwriteExisting(true);

    //  Save all attachments to the "myAttachments" subdirectory
    //  found under the calling process's current working directory.
    //  This directory is automatically created if it does not already
    //  exist.
    success = email.SaveAllAttachments("myAttachments");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(email.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  List the attachment filenames:
    long i;
    for (i = 0; i <= email.get_NumAttachments() - 1; i++) {
        strOut.append(email.getAttachmentFilename(i));
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());