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Load an Email from a .eml File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.LoadEml method, which loads a complete email from an .eml file. An EML file contains RFC822/MIME message text. On success, the loaded message replaces the entire current email — recipients, headers, bodies, related items, and attachments. This example loads an EML and reads its subject and from.

Background: .eml is the standard on-disk format for a single email — it is simply the raw MIME saved to a file, which most mail clients can export and open. LoadEml parses that MIME into a fully populated Email object, giving you programmatic access to every part. It is the natural counterpart to SaveEml.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Email

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the LoadEml method, which loads a complete email from an .eml file (an EML
//  file contains RFC822/MIME message text).  On success, the loaded message replaces the
//  entire current email.

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

li_Success = loo_Email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/message.eml")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Email.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Subject: " + loo_Email.Subject
Write-Debug "From: " + loo_Email.From

//  Note: The path "qa_data/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
//  relative to the current working directory of the running application.


destroy loo_Email