Tcl

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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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

#  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.

set email [new_CkEmail]

CkEmail_put_Subject $email "Save as XML"
CkEmail_put_From $email "alice@example.com"
CkEmail_AddTo $email "Bob" "bob@example.com"
CkEmail_put_Body $email "Hello!"

#  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
set success [CkEmail_SaveXml $email "qa_output/email.xml"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkEmail_lastErrorText $email]
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

puts "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.

delete_CkEmail $email