Create an EML Message from a URL

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Demonstrates Mht.GetEML, which creates an EML MIME message from a live web page (or local HTML file) and returns the complete EML text in memory.

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @mht int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Mht', @mht OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  Create an EML MIME message from a live web page and return the complete EML text in memory.
    --  Referenced resources such as style sheets and images are captured.
    DECLARE @emlText nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mht, 'GetEML', @emlText OUT, 'https://example-code.com/crumb/email.html'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mht, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mht, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mht
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @emlText

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mht


END
GO