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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 chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.
local source = chilkat.Email.new()
source.subject = "Source message"
source.from = "alice@example.com"
source.body = "Hello!"
local xmlText = source:get_xml()

-- Load a new email object from the XML string.
local email = chilkat.Email.new()
local success = email:set_from_xml_text(xmlText)
if not success then
    print(email.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Loaded subject: " .. email.subject)