Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Get a Summary of the MIME Structure

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetStructure method, which returns a concise summary of the MIME tree. The only argument selects the format: xml for XML, or text (the default for any other value) for a plain-text outline.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: A real message can nest multipart containers several levels deep — a multipart/mixed holding a multipart/alternative of text and HTML plus attachments — and GetStructure renders that hierarchy at a glance without the full content. It is the fast way to understand or debug an unfamiliar message's layout, in either a readable text outline or machine-parseable XML.

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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.Mime;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mime: TMime;
  structure: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the Mime.GetStructure method, which returns a concise summary of the MIME tree.
  //  The only argument selects the output format: "xml" for XML, or "text" (the default) for a
  //  plain-text outline.

  mime := TMime.Create;

  success := mime.LoadMimeFile('qa_data/multipart_message.eml');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Get a human-readable text outline of the MIME structure.
  structure := mime.GetStructure('text');
  if (mime.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn(structure);


  mime.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.