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Load a MessageSet from a Compact String

Demonstrates the Chilkat MessageSet.FromCompactString method, which clears the set and loads message identifiers from compact IMAP message-set syntax. The only argument is the compact string: a colon specifies an inclusive ascending range, and commas separate values or ranges. This example loads 1:5,8:10 and prints the result as a comma-separated list.

Background: Compact message-set syntax is how IMAP itself expresses groups of messages — 1:5,8:10 is far more concise than listing every id. FromCompactString is the inverse of ToCompactString: it parses that text into a set you can pass to Imap methods. Duplicates are removed, identifiers are sorted ascending, and the existing HasUids setting is preserved. Note the string carries only the numbers — it does not record whether they are UIDs or sequence numbers.

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

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the MessageSet.FromCompactString method, which loads a set of message
#  identifiers from compact IMAP message-set syntax.  The only argument is the compact string.
#  A colon specifies an inclusive range, and commas separate values or ranges.

$msgSet = New-Object Chilkat.MessageSet

#  Load a compact message set.  "1:5,8:10" expands to 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10.
$success = $msgSet.FromCompactString("1:5,8:10")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($msgSet.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Count: " + $msgSet.Count)

#  Show the loaded identifiers in comma-separated form.
$csv = $msgSet.ToCommaSeparatedStr()
$($csv)