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Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml. This example builds a message and saves it as XML.

Background: This XML format is an alternative to the standard .eml (MIME) format for persisting an email. Note that .eml also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so it captures the same information. Because .eml is universal and interoperable, Chilkat recommends using SaveEml / LoadEml over the XML format — even within Chilkat-based software.

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#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML
    //  representation and saves it to a file.  It can later be reloaded with LoadXml.

    CkEmail email;
    email.put_Subject("Save as XML");
    email.put_From("alice@example.com");
    email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com");
    email.put_Body("Hello!");

    //  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
    success = email.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << email.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return true;
    }

    std::cout << "Saved to email.xml." << "\r\n";

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