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Check Whether an Email Has a Plain-Text Body

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.HasPlainTextBody method, which returns true only when a text/plain body is present in the current email object. This example sets a plain-text body and confirms its presence.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation used when HTML is unavailable or unwanted — and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. HasPlainTextBody is the counterpart to HasHtmlBody; testing both lets a program handle every combination (text-only, HTML-only, both, or neither) gracefully.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

#  Demonstrates the HasPlainTextBody method, which returns true only when a text/plain body
#  is present in the current email object.

$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$email.Subject = "HasPlainTextBody example"

$email.SetTextBody("Hello, this is the plain-text body.","text/plain")

if ($email.HasPlainTextBody() -eq $true) {
    $("The email has a plain-text body.")
}
else {
    $("The email does not have a plain-text body.")
}