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Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml. This example builds a message and saves it as XML.

Background: This XML format is an alternative to the standard .eml (MIME) format for persisting an email. Note that .eml also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so it captures the same information. Because .eml is universal and interoperable, Chilkat recommends using SaveEml / LoadEml over the XML format — even within Chilkat-based software.

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

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML
#  representation and saves it to a file.  It can later be reloaded with LoadXml.

$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$email.Subject = "Save as XML"
$email.From = "alice@example.com"
$email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
$email.Body = "Hello!"

#  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
$success = $email.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Saved to email.xml.")

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