Set the Email Body from a BinData

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetBodyBd method, which sets the main email body from the binary data in a BinData object. The second argument is the MIME Content-Type, the third is the disposition (may be empty, inline, or attachment), and the fourth is the filename. This example loads HTML content into a BinData and sets it as the body.

Background: SetBodyBd gives low-level control over the body when you already have its bytes and want to specify the exact Content-Type and MIME disposition yourself. It suits content that is generated or stored as binary — for example an EDI payload, a pre-rendered HTML fragment, or any custom content type — where the convenience of SetHtmlBody / SetTextBody does not apply.

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bool success = false;

//  Demonstrates the SetBodyBd method, which sets the main email body from the binary data in
//  a BinData object.  The second argument is the MIME Content-Type, the third is the
//  disposition (may be empty, "inline", or "attachment"), and the fourth is the filename.

Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
email.Subject = "Body from BinData";

//  Load the body content from a file into a BinData object.
Chilkat.BinData bd = new Chilkat.BinData();
success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/html/body.html");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(bd.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Set the main body from the binary data as text/html.
success = email.SetBodyBd(bd,"text/html","","");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("HasHtmlBody: " + Convert.ToString(email.HasHtmlBody()));

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