VB.NET
Get the Binary Bytes of a MIME Body or Sub-Part Body

Demonstrates the GetBodyBinary method. The MIME data file used in this example is available at MIME Sample File.
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Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim mime As New Chilkat.Mime

' The contents of this MIME file are shown below, 
' and is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/sampleMime.txt
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/mime/sampleMime.txt")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' The MIME used in this example has the following nested structure
' 
' multipart/alternative
'     text/plain
'     multipart/related
'         text/html
'         image/jpeg
' 

' This example will get the JPG image data bytes.

Dim mpRelated As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mime.PartAt(1,mpRelated)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim pJpg As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mpRelated.PartAt(1,pJpg)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mpRelated.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jpgBytes() As Byte
jpgBytes = pJpg.GetBodyBinary()

' If these bytes are saved to a file, it will be a valid JPG image.
Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
success = fac.WriteEntireFile("qa_output/starfish20.jpg",jpgBytes)
Debug.WriteLine("success = " & success)

' --------------------------------------------------------------
' --------------------------------------------------------------
' The MIME sample file loaded at the beginning of this example
' contains the following MIME:

' Subject: Test email.
' Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
' 	boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0"
' MIME-Version: 1.0
' 
' --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
' Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
' Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
' 
' This is a test.
' 
' --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
' Content-Type: multipart/related;
' 	boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
' 
' --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
' Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
' Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
' 
' <html><head>
' <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
'   </head>
'   <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
'     <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
'   </body>
' </html>
' 
' --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
' Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
' Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
' Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
' Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
' 
' /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
' NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
' YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
' Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
' NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
' pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
' Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
' enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
' xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
' DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
' AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
' QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
' EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
' 
' --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
' 
' --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0--
'