Check if a MIME Entity is multipart/alternative

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.IsMultipartAlternative method, which returns whether the Content-Type is exactly multipart/alternative. It takes no arguments.

Note: The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the path to your own file.

Background: Recognizing multipart/alternative matters because its children are the same content in different formats — you display one (usually the last renderable), not all of them. That is the opposite of multipart/mixed, where every child is shown.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the Mime.IsMultipartAlternative method, which returns whether the Content-Type is multipart/alternative.  It takes no arguments.

    mime := chilkat.NewMime()
    success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/multipart_message.eml")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mime.LastErrorText())
        mime.DisposeMime()
        return
    }

    if mime.IsMultipartAlternative() {
        fmt.Println("This is a multipart/alternative entity.")
    } else {
        fmt.Println("This is not multipart/alternative.")
    }


    mime.DisposeMime()