Visual Basic 6.0

Access a Part in a Multipart MIME Entity

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.PartAt method, which provides live access to the direct child at a zero-based index. The first argument is the index and the second is a Mime object that will reference the child. Modifying it modifies the child stored in the parent tree.

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Background: This is how you reach into a multipart message to inspect or edit an individual part — read a part's Content-Type, extract an attachment's body, or change a part in place. The key point is that the returned Mime is a live reference, not a copy, so edits to it flow back into the parent tree. Loop from 0 to NumParts - 1 to visit every direct child.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim mime As New ChilkatMime
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/multipart_message.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  PartAt provides LIVE access to a direct child part.  The 1st argument is the zero-based index
'  and the 2nd is a Mime object that will reference the child.  Modifying it modifies the child in
'  the parent tree.
Dim n As Long
n = mime.NumParts
Debug.Print "Number of parts: " & n

Dim part As New ChilkatMime
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To n - 1
    success = mime.PartAt(i,part)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    Debug.Print "Part " & i & " Content-Type: " & part.ContentType
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