(Visual FoxPro) Transition from Email.CreateDsn to Email.ToDsn

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated CreateDsn method calls with ToDsn.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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LOCAL loEmail
LOCAL lcExplanation
LOCAL lcStatusFieldsXml
LOCAL lnHeaderOnly
LOCAL loEmailObj
LOCAL loDsnEmail
LOCAL lnSuccess

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Email')
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')

* ...
* ...

lcExplanation = "..."
lcStatusFieldsXml = "..."
lnHeaderOnly = 0

* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The CreateDsn method is deprecated:

loEmailObj = loEmail.CreateDsn(lcExplanation,lcStatusFieldsXml,lnHeaderOnly)
IF (loEmail.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* ...
* ...

RELEASE loEmailObj

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Email')
loDsnEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
lnSuccess = loEmail.ToDsn(lcExplanation,lcStatusFieldsXml,lnHeaderOnly,loDsnEmail)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loEmail
    RELEASE loDsnEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loEmail
RELEASE loDsnEmail