Visual FoxPro

Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml. This example builds a message and saves it as XML.

Background: This XML format is an alternative to the standard .eml (MIME) format for persisting an email. Note that .eml also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so it captures the same information. Because .eml is universal and interoperable, Chilkat recommends using SaveEml / LoadEml over the XML format — even within Chilkat-based software.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loEmail

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML
*  representation and saves it to a file.  It can later be reloaded with LoadXml.

loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
loEmail.Subject = "Save as XML"
loEmail.From = "alice@example.com"
loEmail.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
loEmail.Body = "Hello!"

*  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
lnSuccess = loEmail.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Saved to email.xml."

*  Note: The path "qa_output/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
*  relative to the current working directory of the running application.

RELEASE loEmail