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Get the Complete MIME Header of an Email

Demonstrates the read-only Chilkat Email.Header property, which returns the complete MIME header generated from the current in-memory email object. Because this property is read-only, you modify individual fields through their corresponding properties or header methods rather than assigning to Header directly. This example sets a subject, from, and recipient, then prints the full MIME header.

Background: A MIME email is made of two parts separated by a single blank line: the header and the body. The header is a list of Field-Name: value lines — familiar ones include From, To, Subject, and Date, plus structural fields like Content-Type and MIME-Version. Reading the raw header is useful for debugging exactly what a message will look like on the wire.

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IncludeFile "CkEmail.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    ;  Demonstrates the read-only Email.Header property, which returns the
    ;  complete MIME header of the email, generated from the current in-memory
    ;  email object.

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

    CkEmail::setCkSubject(email, "Test subject")
    CkEmail::setCkFrom(email, "mary@example.com")
    CkEmail::ckAddTo(email,"Joe","joe@example.com")

    ;  Header is read-only.  Modify individual fields through their properties
    ;  or header methods rather than assigning to Header.
    Debug CkEmail::ckHeader(email)


    CkEmail::ckDispose(email)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure