Set the Email Body from a BinData

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetBodyBd method, which sets the main email body from the binary data in a BinData object. The second argument is the MIME Content-Type, the third is the disposition (may be empty, inline, or attachment), and the fourth is the filename. This example loads HTML content into a BinData and sets it as the body.

Background: SetBodyBd gives low-level control over the body when you already have its bytes and want to specify the exact Content-Type and MIME disposition yourself. It suits content that is generated or stored as binary — for example an EDI payload, a pre-rendered HTML fragment, or any custom content type — where the convenience of SetHtmlBody / SetTextBody does not apply.

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#include <C_CkEmail.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkEmail email;
    HCkBinData bd;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Demonstrates the SetBodyBd method, which sets the main email body from the binary data in
    //  a BinData object.  The second argument is the MIME Content-Type, the third is the
    //  disposition (may be empty, "inline", or "attachment"), and the fourth is the filename.

    email = CkEmail_Create();
    CkEmail_putSubject(email,"Body from BinData");

    //  Load the body content from a file into a BinData object.
    bd = CkBinData_Create();
    success = CkBinData_LoadFile(bd,"qa_data/html/body.html");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkBinData_lastErrorText(bd));
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    //  Set the main body from the binary data as text/html.
    success = CkEmail_SetBodyBd(email,bd,"text/html","","");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_lastErrorText(email));
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    printf("HasHtmlBody: %d\n",CkEmail_HasHtmlBody(email));

    //  Note: The path "qa_data/html/body.html" is a relative local filesystem path,
    //  relative to the current working directory of the running application.


    CkEmail_Dispose(email);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bd);

    }