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Get an Alternative Body by Content-Type

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType method, which returns an alternative body selected by its Content-Type — such as text/plain, text/html, or text/xml — instead of by numeric index. This example retrieves both the plain-text and HTML alternatives by content type.

Background: Selecting by Content-Type is often more convenient than by index, because you usually know which representation you want (the HTML, say) but not its position in the alternative list. This mirrors how a mail client works — it looks up the best matching type to display — and avoids assumptions about ordering, which can vary between messages.

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;  Demonstrates the GetAlternativeBodyByContentType method, which returns an alternative
;  body selected by its Content-Type (such as text/plain, text/html, or text/xml) rather
;  than by index.

$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")

;  Create an email with plain-text and HTML alternatives.
$oEmail.SetTextBody "This is the plain-text alternative.","text/plain"
$oEmail.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body>This is the HTML alternative.</body></html>")

;  Get the plain-text alternative by its content type.
Local $sPlain = $oEmail.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType("text/plain")
ConsoleWrite("text/plain body: " & $sPlain & @CRLF)

;  Get the HTML alternative by its content type.
Local $sHtmlBody = $oEmail.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType("text/html")
ConsoleWrite("text/html body: " & $sHtmlBody & @CRLF)