(Tcl) Transition from Email.Clone to Email.MakeCopy

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated Clone method calls with MakeCopy.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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load ./chilkat.dll

set email [new_CkEmail]

# ...
# ...

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The Clone method is deprecated:

# emailObj is a CkEmail
set emailObj [CkEmail_Clone $email]
if {[CkEmail_get_LastMethodSuccess $email] == 0} then {
    puts [CkEmail_lastErrorText $email]
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

# ...
# ...

delete_CkEmail $emailObj

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the equivalent using MakeCopy.
# Your application creates a new, empty Email object which is passed 
# in the last argument and filled upon success.

set emailOut [new_CkEmail]

set success [CkEmail_MakeCopy $email $emailOut]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkEmail_lastErrorText $email]
    delete_CkEmail $email
    delete_CkEmail $emailOut
    exit
}


delete_CkEmail $email
delete_CkEmail $emailOut