C++

Make a Copy of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.MakeCopy method, which copies the entire state of this email into another Email object — message content, recipients, headers, body representations, attachments, and related items. This example copies an email and reads a couple of fields from the copy.

Background: A deep copy gives you an independent duplicate: changes to one object do not affect the other. This is handy for template-and-tweak workflows — build a base message once, copy it per recipient, then vary only the recipient or a few fields — without risk of one send's edits bleeding into the next.

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#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the MakeCopy method, which copies the entire state of this email into
    //  another Email object -- message content, recipients, headers, bodies, attachments, and
    //  related items.

    CkEmail email;
    email.put_Subject("Original");
    email.put_From("alice@example.com");
    email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com");
    email.put_Body("Original body.");

    //  Copy the entire email into a new Email object.
    CkEmail copy;

    success = email.MakeCopy(copy);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << email.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return true;
    }

    std::cout << "Copy subject: " << copy.subject() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "Copy NumTo: " << copy.get_NumTo() << "\r\n";
    }