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Load an Email from MIME Text in a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as the contents of a .eml file) held in a string. On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to MIME with GetMime, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadEml, which reads MIME from a file. It is handy when the raw message text arrives from somewhere other than the filesystem — a database column, an HTTP response, or a message queue — letting you parse it straight into a fully populated Email object.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Source
string ls_MimeText
oleobject loo_Email

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as
//  the contents of a .eml file) held in a string.  On success, it replaces the entire
//  current email.

//  Build a source email and get its MIME text.
loo_Source = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Source.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Source
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Source.Subject = "Source message"
loo_Source.From = "alice@example.com"
loo_Source.Body = "Hello from MIME text."
ls_MimeText = loo_Source.GetMime()

//  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")

li_Success = loo_Email.SetFromMimeText(ls_MimeText)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Email.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Source
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Loaded subject: " + loo_Email.Subject


destroy loo_Source
destroy loo_Email