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Serialize MIME to a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetMime method, which serializes and returns the complete MIME entity — headers, body, multipart boundaries, and all descendants — as a string. It takes no arguments.

Background: This produces the finished MIME text ready to send, store, or hand to another component — the inverse of loading. The whole tree is emitted, including generated multipart boundaries. Because it returns a string, it is best for text-safe content; when the body may contain raw binary bytes, serialize with GetMimeBd to a BinData instead so nothing is altered.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Mime.GetMime method, which serializes and returns the complete MIME entity
'  (headers, body, multipart boundaries, and all descendants) as a string.  It takes no
'  arguments.

Dim mime As New Chilkat.Mime

'  Build a simple MIME entity.
success = mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("Hello, this is the message body.")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Serialize it to a string.
Dim mimeText As String = mime.GetMime()
If (mime.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine(mimeText)