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Load an Email from a Chilkat XML String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string (as produced by GetXml). On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to XML, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This loads Chilkat's XML email representation from a string — the in-memory counterpart to LoadXml. The XML format is an alternative to standard MIME, but for most purposes the MIME form (SetFromMimeText / GetMime) is preferred: it is interoperable and also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so the XML format offers no metadata advantage.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loSource
LOCAL lcXmlText
LOCAL loEmail

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string.
*  On success, it replaces the entire current email.

*  Build a source email and serialize it to Chilkat XML.
loSource = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
loSource.Subject = "Source message"
loSource.From = "alice@example.com"
loSource.Body = "Hello!"
lcXmlText = loSource.GetXml()

*  Load a new email object from the XML string.
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
lnSuccess = loEmail.SetFromXmlText(lcXmlText)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSource
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Loaded subject: " + loEmail.Subject

RELEASE loSource
RELEASE loEmail