Objective-C

Get and Set the Email Body

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.Body property. When you set Body, Chilkat inspects the content and decides whether it should be treated as HTML or plain-text. When you read Body, an email that contains both plain-text and HTML alternatives returns the HTML body — use GetHtmlBody or GetPlainTextBody to retrieve a specific representation. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.

Background: A single email often carries two versions of the same message — a plain-text body and an HTML body — bundled together in a multipart/alternative MIME structure. The receiving mail client picks whichever version it prefers to display. Because of this, "the body" is ambiguous: the Body property favors the HTML version when both are present, which is why Chilkat also provides GetHtmlBody, GetPlainTextBody, HasHtmlBody, and HasPlainTextBody for precise control.

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#import <CkoEmail.h>
#import <NSString.h>

//  Demonstrates getting and setting the Email.Body property.
//  When setting Body, Chilkat inspects the content to decide whether it is
//  HTML or plain-text.  When reading, an email that has both plain-text and
//  HTML alternatives returns the HTML body.

CkoEmail *email = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];

//  Set the body.
email.Body = @"This is the plain-text body of the email.";

//  Read the Body property back.
NSString *bodyText = email.Body;
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Body = ",bodyText);