(VB.NET) Transition from MailMan.LoadXmlEmail to Email.SetFromXmlText

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated LoadXmlEmail method calls with Email.SetFromXmlText.

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

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Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

' ...
' ...

Dim xmlFilePath As String = "c:/test/example.xml"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The LoadXmlEmail method is deprecated:

Dim emailObj As Chilkat.Email = mailman.LoadXmlEmail(xmlFilePath)
If (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' ...
' ...



' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using Email.SetFromXmlText.

Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim success As Boolean = sb.LoadFile(xmlFilePath,"utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sb.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
success = email.SetFromXmlText(sb.GetAsString())
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If