Check Whether an Email Has an HTML Body

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.HasHtmlBody method, which returns true only when a text/html body is present in the current email object. This example sets an HTML body and confirms its presence.

Background: Because a message may contain a plain-text body, an HTML body, both, or neither, it is good practice to test before extracting. HasHtmlBody lets you decide whether to call GetHtmlBody or fall back to GetPlainTextBody — avoiding surprises when a sender provides only one representation.

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//  Demonstrates the HasHtmlBody method, which returns true only when a text/html body is
//  present in the current email object.

Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
email.Subject = "HasHtmlBody example";

email.SetHtmlBody("<html><body><b>Hello in HTML.</b></body></html>");

if (email.HasHtmlBody() == true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("The email has an HTML body.");
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("The email does not have an HTML body.");
}