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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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import sys
import chilkat

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 = chilkat.CkEmail()
email.put_Subject("Save as XML")
email.put_From("alice@example.com")
email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.put_Body("Hello!")

#  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
success = email.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml")
if (success == False):
    print(email.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("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.