B4X

Convert a MIME Entity to multipart/alternative

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.ConvertToMultipartAlt method, which wraps the current entity in a new outer multipart/alternative, making the original the first child. It takes no arguments.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: Use this to add an alternate rendering to an existing message — for example, promoting a plain-text message so an HTML version can be added alongside it. The original content becomes the first (least-preferred) alternative, and you append the richer representation after it. As with the mixed conversion, message-level headers move to the new outer entity.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim mime As ChilkatMime
mime.Initialize
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/message.eml")
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Wrap the current entity in a new outer multipart/alternative entity.  The original entity
'  becomes the first child, ready for an alternate representation to be added.
success = mime.ConvertToMultipartAlt
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Add an alternative representation of the same content.
Dim htmlPart As ChilkatMime
htmlPart.Initialize
success = htmlPart.SetBodyFromHtml("<html><body>HTML alternative.</body></html>")
If success = False Then
    Log(htmlPart.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = mime.AppendPart(htmlPart)
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Number of parts: " & mime.NumParts)