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Get MessageSet IDs as a Compact String

Demonstrates the Chilkat MessageSet.ToCompactString method, which returns the unique identifiers in ascending order using compact IMAP message-set syntax, collapsing consecutive runs into inclusive ranges. It takes no arguments. This example loads 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10 and prints the compact form 1:5,8:10.

Background: The result is canonical for the current set — unique, sorted, and range-compacted — which is the compact notation IMAP servers expect for message-set arguments. It is the inverse of FromCompactString, so the two round-trip: a set emitted here can be reloaded later. The string contains only numbers and omits the HasUids setting, so track UID-vs-sequence separately.

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#include <CkMessageSet.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the MessageSet.ToCompactString method, which returns the unique identifiers in
    //  ascending order using compact IMAP message-set syntax, with consecutive runs collapsed into
    //  inclusive ranges.  It takes no arguments.

    CkMessageSet msgSet;

    //  Load a set of individual identifiers.
    success = msgSet.FromCompactString("1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << msgSet.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Get the canonical compact representation.
    const char *compact = msgSet.toCompactString();
    std::cout << compact << "\r\n";
    //  Output: 1:5,8:10
    }