DataFlex

Get the Decoded MIME Body Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetBodyDecoded method, which returns the decoded body as text. It takes no arguments. Chilkat first reverses the Content-Transfer-Encoding and then interprets the bytes according to the declared charset.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This gives you the actual, human-readable content of a text part — the two-step decode (transfer encoding, then charset) is exactly what a mail client does to display it. Use it for text parts; for binary content such as an image, decode to bytes with GetBodyBd instead, since forcing binary through a text decode would corrupt it.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoMime
    String sBodyText
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatMime)) To hoMime
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoMime))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoMime
    End
    Get ComLoadMimeFile Of hoMime "qa_data/message.eml" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoMime To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    //  Return the body as decoded text.  Chilkat first reverses the Content-Transfer-Encoding (Base64
    //  or quoted-printable) and then interprets the bytes according to the declared charset.
    Get ComGetBodyDecoded Of hoMime To sBodyText
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoMime To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoMime To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln sBodyText


End_Procedure