Check Whether an Email Has a Plain-Text Body

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

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation used when HTML is unavailable or unwanted — and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. HasPlainTextBody is the counterpart to HasHtmlBody; testing both lets a program handle every combination (text-only, HTML-only, both, or neither) gracefully.

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

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

email.SetTextBody("Hello, this is the plain-text body.","text/plain");

if (email.HasPlainTextBody() == true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("The email has a plain-text body.");
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("The email does not have a plain-text body.");
}