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Load an Email from a Chilkat XML String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string (as produced by GetXml). On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to XML, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This loads Chilkat's XML email representation from a string — the in-memory counterpart to LoadXml. The XML format is an alternative to standard MIME, but for most purposes the MIME form (SetFromMimeText / GetMime) is preferred: it is interoperable and also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so the XML format offers no metadata advantage.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

#  Demonstrates the SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string.
#  On success, it replaces the entire current email.

#  Build a source email and serialize it to Chilkat XML.
source = chilkat.CkEmail()
source.put_Subject("Source message")
source.put_From("alice@example.com")
source.put_Body("Hello!")
xmlText = source.getXml()

#  Load a new email object from the XML string.
email = chilkat.CkEmail()
success = email.SetFromXmlText(xmlText)
if (success == False):
    print(email.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Loaded subject: " + email.subject())