PureBasic

Get the Plain-Text Body of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the text/plain content type. It reads the plain-text representation already present in the email object rather than generating one from HTML. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation of a message — the version shown when HTML can't or shouldn't be rendered, and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. GetPlainTextBody targets it specifically; if the message contains only HTML, this returns empty (check with HasPlainTextBody), so a robust extractor falls back to GetHtmlBody when needed.

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IncludeFile "CkEmail.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    ;  Demonstrates the GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the
    ;  text/plain content type.  It reads the plain-text representation already present in the
    ;  email object.

    email.i = CkEmail::ckCreate()
    If email.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkEmail::setCkSubject(email, "GetPlainTextBody example")

    CkEmail::ckSetTextBody(email,"Hello, this is the plain-text body.","text/plain")

    ;  Retrieve the text/plain body.
    plain.s = CkEmail::ckGetPlainTextBody(email)
    Debug plain


    CkEmail::ckDispose(email)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure