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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Transition from Email.CreateDsn to Email.ToDsn

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated CreateDsn method calls with ToDsn.

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var
success: Integer;
email: TChilkatEmail;
explanation: WideString;
statusFieldsXml: WideString;
headerOnly: Integer;
emailObj: IChilkatEmail;
dsnEmail: TChilkatEmail;

begin
success := 0;

email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);

//  ...
//  ...

explanation := '...';
statusFieldsXml := '...';
headerOnly := 0;

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The CreateDsn method is deprecated:

emailObj := email.CreateDsn(explanation,statusFieldsXml,headerOnly);
if (email.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  ...
//  ...

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Do the equivalent using ToDsn.
//  Your application creates a new, empty Email object which is passed 
//  in the last argument and filled upon success.

dsnEmail := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
success := email.ToDsn(explanation,statusFieldsXml,headerOnly,dsnEmail.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;