Perl

Create a multipart/mixed MIME Entity

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.NewMultipartMixed method, which initializes the object as an empty multipart/mixed entity, clearing any existing content. It takes no arguments; child parts are then appended.

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: multipart/mixed is the container for independent parts shown one after another — the classic "message body plus attachments" layout. Each child is its own distinct content, unlike multipart/alternative (competing renderings of the same thing) or multipart/related (a part and its embedded resources). Start here, then AppendPart a body and AppendPartFromFile the attachments.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the Mime.NewMultipartMixed method, which initializes the object as an empty
# multipart/mixed entity, clearing any existing headers, body, and child parts.  It takes no
# arguments.

my $mime = Chilkat2::Mime->new;

my $success = $mime->NewMultipartMixed();
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Append child parts.  multipart/mixed is the container for a message body plus attachments.
my $bodyPart = Chilkat2::Mime->new;
$success = $bodyPart->SetBodyFromPlainText('See the attached report.');
if (!$success) {
    print $bodyPart->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mime->AppendPart($bodyPart);
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mime->AppendPartFromFile('qa_data/report.pdf');
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Number of parts: ', $mime->NumParts, "\n";