Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

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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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    success := false

    //  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.

    email := chilkat.NewEmail()
    email.SetSubject("Save as XML")
    email.SetFrom("alice@example.com")
    email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
    email.SetBody("Hello!")

    //  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
    success = email.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(email.LastErrorText())
        email.DisposeEmail()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("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.

    email.DisposeEmail()