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Check Whether an Email Has a Plain-Text Body

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.HasPlainTextBody method, which returns true only when a text/plain body is present in the current email object. This example sets a plain-text body and confirms its presence.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation used when HTML is unavailable or unwanted — and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. HasPlainTextBody is the counterpart to HasHtmlBody; testing both lets a program handle every combination (text-only, HTML-only, both, or neither) gracefully.

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LOCAL oEmail

//  Demonstrates the HasPlainTextBody method, which returns true only when a text/plain body
//  is present in the current email object.

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
oEmail:Subject := "HasPlainTextBody example"

oEmail:SetTextBody("Hello, this is the plain-text body.", "text/plain")

IF (oEmail:HasPlainTextBody() == 1)
    ? "The email has a plain-text body."
ELSE
    ? "The email does not have a plain-text body."
ENDIF

oEmail:destroy()