Visual Basic 6.0

Transition from MailMan.FetchEmail to MailMan.FetchByUidl

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated FetchEmail method calls with FetchByUidl. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan

' ...
' ...

Dim uidl As String
uidl = "123"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The FetchEmail method is deprecated:

Dim emailObj As ChilkatEmail
Set emailObj = mailman.FetchEmail(uidl)
If (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' ...
' ...

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

Dim headerOnly As Long
headerOnly = 0
' Irrelevant because we are not downloading headers-only.
Dim numBodyLines As Long
numBodyLines = 0

Dim emailOut As New ChilkatEmail
success = mailman.FetchByUidl(uidl,headerOnly,numBodyLines,emailOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If