Load an Email from a Chilkat XML String

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.LoadXmlString method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML representation held in a string, typically obtained from GetXml. On success, the loaded message replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to XML, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadXml, which reads from a file. Pairing GetXml with LoadXmlString lets you store an email's full state as text in a database column, cache, or message queue, then rebuild the Email object later — without touching the filesystem.

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#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkEmail source;
    const char *xmlStr;
    HCkEmail email;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Demonstrates the LoadXmlString method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string
    //  (typically obtained from GetXml).  On success, the loaded message replaces the entire
    //  current email.

    //  Create an email and serialize it to Chilkat XML (as GetXml would produce).
    source = CkEmail_Create();
    CkEmail_putSubject(source,"Saved email");
    CkEmail_putFrom(source,"alice@example.com");
    CkEmail_putBody(source,"Hello!");
    xmlStr = CkEmail_getXml(source);

    //  Load a new email object from the XML string.
    email = CkEmail_Create();
    success = CkEmail_LoadXmlString(email,xmlStr);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_lastErrorText(email));
        CkEmail_Dispose(source);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    printf("Loaded subject: %s\n",CkEmail_subject(email));


    CkEmail_Dispose(source);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }