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Set the Sender Display Name

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.FromName property, which is the display name of the sender. Changing this property updates the display-name portion of the MIME From header while preserving the email address. This example sets the address and display name separately, then reads back the combined From header.

Background: The display name is the friendly label a mail client shows instead of the raw address — for example, showing John Smith rather than john.smith@example.com. It is purely cosmetic and plays no part in message routing; the same address can be paired with any display name. When a display name contains special characters or non-ASCII text, it must be quoted or MIME-encoded in the header, which Chilkat handles for you.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Email

//  Demonstrates the Email.FromName property (the name of the sender).
//  Setting it updates the display-name portion of the From header while
//  preserving the email address.

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

loo_Email.FromAddress = "john.smith@example.com"
loo_Email.FromName = "John Smith"

Write-Debug "FromName = " + loo_Email.FromName
Write-Debug "From = " + loo_Email.From


destroy loo_Email