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Load an Email from a Chilkat XML String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string (as produced by GetXml). On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to XML, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This loads Chilkat's XML email representation from a string — the in-memory counterpart to LoadXml. The XML format is an alternative to standard MIME, but for most purposes the MIME form (SetFromMimeText / GetMime) is preferred: it is interoperable and also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so the XML format offers no metadata advantage.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string.
# On success, it replaces the entire current email.

# Build a source email and serialize it to Chilkat XML.
my $source = Chilkat2::Email->new;
$source->Subject('Source message');
$source->From('alice@example.com');
$source->Body('Hello!');
my $xmlText = $source->GetXml();

# Load a new email object from the XML string.
my $email = Chilkat2::Email->new;
my $success = $email->SetFromXmlText($xmlText);
if (!$success) {
    print $email->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Loaded subject: ', $email->Subject, "\n";