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Get and Set the Email Body

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.Body property. When you set Body, Chilkat inspects the content and decides whether it should be treated as HTML or plain-text. When you read Body, an email that contains both plain-text and HTML alternatives returns the HTML body — use GetHtmlBody or GetPlainTextBody to retrieve a specific representation. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.

Background: A single email often carries two versions of the same message — a plain-text body and an HTML body — bundled together in a multipart/alternative MIME structure. The receiving mail client picks whichever version it prefers to display. Because of this, "the body" is ambiguous: the Body property favors the HTML version when both are present, which is why Chilkat also provides GetHtmlBody, GetPlainTextBody, HasHtmlBody, and HasPlainTextBody for precise control.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Email
string ls_BodyText

//  Demonstrates getting and setting the Email.Body property.
//  When setting Body, Chilkat inspects the content to decide whether it is
//  HTML or plain-text.  When reading, an email that has both plain-text and
//  HTML alternatives returns the HTML body.

loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Email
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  Set the body.
loo_Email.Body = "This is the plain-text body of the email."

//  Read the Body property back.
ls_BodyText = loo_Email.Body
Write-Debug "Body = " + ls_BodyText


destroy loo_Email