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Load MIME from BinData

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.LoadMimeBd method, which parses complete MIME bytes from a BinData and replaces the current MIME. The only argument is the BinData.

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: This is the safest loader because it works on raw bytes: MIME can carry 8-bit content and even embedded NUL bytes that a text string would mangle, so loading from a BinData preserves the message exactly. Prefer it whenever the input is binary or of uncertain encoding — a downloaded message, a file read as bytes — over the string-based loaders.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the Mime.LoadMimeBd method, which parses complete MIME bytes from a BinData and
# replaces the current MIME.  The only argument is the BinData.  This is the preferred loader
# when the MIME may contain arbitrary 8-bit or embedded NUL bytes.

my $bd = Chilkat2::BinData->new;
my $success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/message.eml');
if (!$success) {
    print $bd->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

my $mime = Chilkat2::Mime->new;
$success = $mime->LoadMimeBd($bd);
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Content-Type: ', $mime->ContentType, "\n";