Access a Part in a Multipart MIME Entity

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.PartAt method, which provides live access to the direct child at a zero-based index. The first argument is the index and the second is a Mime object that will reference the child. Modifying it modifies the child stored in the parent tree.

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Background: This is how you reach into a multipart message to inspect or edit an individual part — read a part's Content-Type, extract an attachment's body, or change a part in place. The key point is that the returned Mime is a live reference, not a copy, so edits to it flow back into the parent tree. Loop from 0 to NumParts - 1 to visit every direct child.

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    success := false

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

    //  PartAt provides LIVE access to a direct child part.  The 1st argument is the zero-based index
    //  and the 2nd is a Mime object that will reference the child.  Modifying it modifies the child in
    //  the parent tree.
    n := mime.NumParts()
    fmt.Println("Number of parts: ", n)

    part := chilkat.NewMime()
    var i int
    for i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++ {
        success = mime.PartAt(i,part)
        if success == false {
            fmt.Println(mime.LastErrorText())
            mime.DisposeMime()
            part.DisposeMime()
            return
        }

        fmt.Println("Part ", i, " Content-Type: ", part.ContentType())
    }


    mime.DisposeMime()
    part.DisposeMime()