Ruby

Check Whether an Email Has a Plain-Text Body

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.HasPlainTextBody method, which returns true only when a text/plain body is present in the current email object. This example sets a plain-text body and confirms its presence.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation used when HTML is unavailable or unwanted — and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. HasPlainTextBody is the counterpart to HasHtmlBody; testing both lets a program handle every combination (text-only, HTML-only, both, or neither) gracefully.

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require 'chilkat'

#  Demonstrates the HasPlainTextBody method, which returns true only when a text/plain body
#  is present in the current email object.

email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()
email.put_Subject("HasPlainTextBody example")

email.SetTextBody("Hello, this is the plain-text body.","text/plain")

if (email.HasPlainTextBody() == true)
    print "The email has a plain-text body." + "\n";
else
    print "The email does not have a plain-text body." + "\n";
end