Rust

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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// 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.

let email = chilkat::Email::new();
email.set_subject("Save as XML");
email.set_from("alice@example.com");
let _ = email.add_to("Bob", "bob@example.com");
email.set_body("Hello!");

// Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
if email.save_xml("qa_output/email.xml").is_err() {
    println!("{}", email.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("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.