Node.js

Transition from Imap.Sort to Imap.QueryMbx

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated Sort method calls with QueryMbx. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    //  ...
    //  ...

    var searchCriteria = "FROM bob@example.com";
    var bUid = true;
    var sortCriteria = "DATE SUBJECT";

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The Sort method is deprecated:

    // msgSetObj: MessageSet
    var msgSetObj = imap.Sort(sortCriteria,"UTF-8",searchCriteria,bUid);
    if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  ...
    //  ...

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Do the equivalent using QueryMbx.
    //  Your application creates a new, empty MessageSet object which is passed 
    //  in the last argument and filled upon success.

    //  The following properties are used instead of function arguments.
    imap.SortCriteria = "DATE SUBJECT";
    imap.SearchCharset = "UTF-8";

    var mset = new chilkat.MessageSet();
    success = imap.QueryMbx(searchCriteria,bUid,mset);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }


}

chilkatExample();