Convert MIME to XML

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML representation and returns it as a string. It takes no arguments. Header names become element names, structured header parameters become attributes, and duplicate headers become repeated elements.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: Turning a MIME tree into XML exposes its structure in a form that ordinary XML tools can query and transform — useful for inspection, debugging, or feeding a message into an XML-based pipeline. It is the inverse of LoadXml, so a message can be round-tripped through XML. For a quick human-readable outline rather than a full representation, see GetStructure.

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bool success = false;

//  Demonstrates the Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML
//  representation and returns it as a string.  It takes no arguments.

Chilkat.Mime mime = new Chilkat.Mime();

success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/message.eml");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Header names become XML element names and structured header parameters become XML attributes.
string xml = mime.GetXml();
if (mime.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(xml);