Delphi ActiveX
Delphi ActiveX
Get the Plain-Text Body of an Email
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the text/plain content type. It reads the plain-text representation already present in the email object rather than generating one from HTML. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.
Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation of a message — the version shown when HTML can't or shouldn't be rendered, and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility.
GetPlainTextBody targets it specifically; if the message contains only HTML, this returns empty (check with HasPlainTextBody), so a robust extractor falls back to GetHtmlBody when needed.Chilkat Delphi ActiveX Downloads
var
email: TChilkatEmail;
plain: WideString;
begin
// Demonstrates the GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the
// text/plain content type. It reads the plain-text representation already present in the
// email object.
email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
email.Subject := 'GetPlainTextBody example';
email.SetTextBody('Hello, this is the plain-text body.','text/plain');
// Retrieve the text/plain body.
plain := email.GetPlainTextBody();
Memo1.Lines.Add(plain);