Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

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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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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.

Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
email.Subject = "Save as XML";
email.From = "alice@example.com";
email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com");
email.Body = "Hello!";

//  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
success = email.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Saved to email.xml.");

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