Exclude Resources Matching a Pattern

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Demonstrates Mht.ExcludeImagesMatching, which adds an exclusion pattern used while gathering embeddable resources, so matching resources are omitted from the archive.

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.Mht;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  mht: TMht;
  mhtText: string;

begin
  mht := TMht.Create;

  //  Add an exclusion pattern for embeddable resources.  Each candidate resource is tested against its
  //  fully resolved reference (an absolute URL for web content), so resources whose reference matches
  //  the pattern are omitted from the archive.  Here, resources ending in ".gif" are excluded.
  mht.ExcludeImagesMatching('*.gif');

  //  Create the MHT web archive without the excluded resources.
  mhtText := mht.GetMHT('https://example-code.com/crumb/index.html');
  if (mht.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mht.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn(mhtText);


  mht.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.