Sorting Email

How to sort an email bundle.

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#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkMessageSet.h>
#include <CkEmailBundle.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkImap imap;

    bool success;

    // Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","*myPassword5*");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkMessageSet *messageSet = 0;
    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    bool fetchUids;
    fetchUids = true;

    // Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
    messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids);
    if (messageSet == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
    CkEmailBundle *bundle = 0;
    bundle = imap.FetchHeaders(*messageSet);
    if (bundle == 0 ) {
        delete messageSet;
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
    bool ascending;
    ascending = true;
    bundle->SortByDate(ascending);

    // To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call
    // SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

    // Display the Subject and From of each email.
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= bundle->get_MessageCount() - 1; i++) {
        CkEmail *email = 0;
        email = bundle->GetEmail(i);

        printf("%s\n",email->getHeaderField("Date"));
        printf("%s\n",email->subject());
        printf("%s\n",email->ck_from());
        printf("--\n");

        delete email;
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    imap.Disconnect();

    delete messageSet;
    delete bundle;
    }