Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Access Attached Message (Embedded Email)

How to access an email embedded within another email (i.e. an attached message). Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  email: TEmail;
  numAttached: Integer;
  email2: TEmail;

begin
  success := False;

  email := TEmail.Create;

  //  Load an email from a .eml
  success := email.LoadEml('embeddedEmail.eml');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(email.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Display how many attached emails are embedded within
  //  this one:
  numAttached := email.NumAttachedMessages;
  WriteLn('numAttached = ' + numAttached);

  //  Get the 1st attached message.
  email2 := TEmail.Create;
  success := email.GetAttachedEmail(0,email2);
  if (success = True) then
    begin

      //  Display the subject, From, and a header field...
      WriteLn(email2.Subject);
      WriteLn(email2.From);
      WriteLn(email2.GetHeaderField('X-SOMETHING'));
    end;


  email.Free;
  email2.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.