Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Get the Content-Location of a Related Item

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetRelatedContentLocation method, which returns the Content-Location of a related item (typically an image or style sheet embedded within an HTML email). The index is zero-based. This example loads an image from a file into a BinData object and adds it as a related item addressed by Content-Location using AddRelatedBd2, then reads it back.

Background: Content-Location is the alternative to Content-ID for linking HTML to its embedded resources. Instead of a cid: reference, the HTML keeps an ordinary-looking src="logo.png", and the matching part carries a Content-Location of logo.png. Since the image is binary, it is loaded into a BinData object and added with AddRelatedBd2. This approach is common when an existing web page is turned into an email, since the original relative URLs can stay unchanged.

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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Email,
  Chilkat.BinData;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  email: TEmail;
  bdImage: TBinData;
  loc: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the GetRelatedContentLocation method, which returns the Content-Location of
  //  a related item.  Related items are typically images and style sheets embedded within
  //  HTML emails.  The index is zero-based.

  email := TEmail.Create;
  email.Subject := 'GetRelatedContentLocation example';

  //  The HTML references the image by the same name used as the Content-Location.
  email.SetHtmlBody('<html><body><img src="logo.png"/></body></html>');

  //  Load the image data from a file into a BinData object.
  bdImage := TBinData.Create;
  success := bdImage.LoadFile('qa_data/images/logo.png');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(bdImage.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Add the image as a related item addressed by Content-Location "logo.png".
  success := email.AddRelatedBd2(bdImage,'logo.png');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(email.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Read the Content-Location of the first related item (index 0).
  loc := email.GetRelatedContentLocation(0);
  WriteLn('Related item 0 Content-Location: ' + loc);

  //  Note: The path "qa_data/images/logo.png" is a relative local filesystem path,
  //  relative to the current working directory of the running application.


  email.Free;
  bdImage.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.