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Load MIME from BinData

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.LoadMimeBd method, which parses complete MIME bytes from a BinData and replaces the current MIME. The only argument is the BinData.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the safest loader because it works on raw bytes: MIME can carry 8-bit content and even embedded NUL bytes that a text string would mangle, so loading from a BinData preserves the message exactly. Prefer it whenever the input is binary or of uncertain encoding — a downloaded message, a file read as bytes — over the string-based loaders.

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

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the Mime.LoadMimeBd method, which parses complete MIME bytes from a BinData and
#  replaces the current MIME.  The only argument is the BinData.  This is the preferred loader
#  when the MIME may contain arbitrary 8-bit or embedded NUL bytes.

$bd = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$success = $bd.LoadFile("qa_data/message.eml")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($bd.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$mime = New-Object Chilkat.Mime
$success = $mime.LoadMimeBd($bd)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($mime.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Content-Type: " + $mime.ContentType)