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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Check if a MIME Entity is multipart/alternative

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.IsMultipartAlternative method, which returns whether the Content-Type is exactly multipart/alternative. It takes no arguments.

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

Background: Recognizing multipart/alternative matters because its children are the same content in different formats — you display one (usually the last renderable), not all of them. That is the opposite of multipart/mixed, where every child is shown.

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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.Mime;

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

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

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the Mime.IsMultipartAlternative method, which returns whether the Content-Type is multipart/alternative.  It takes no arguments.

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

  if (mime.IsMultipartAlternative()) then
    begin
      WriteLn('This is a multipart/alternative entity.');
    end
  else
    begin
      WriteLn('This is not multipart/alternative.');
    end;


  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.