Save Email Attachments to Filesystem Directory

Saves email attachments to a directory.

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // 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) {
        printf("%s\n",email.lastErrorText());
        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) {
        printf("%s\n",email.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // List the attachment filenames:
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= email.get_NumAttachments() - 1; i++) {
        printf("%s\n",email.getAttachmentFilename(i));
    }

    }