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Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml. This example builds a message and saves it as XML.

Background: This XML format is an alternative to the standard .eml (MIME) format for persisting an email. Note that .eml also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so it captures the same information. Because .eml is universal and interoperable, Chilkat recommends using SaveEml / LoadEml over the XML format — even within Chilkat-based software.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oEmail

nSuccess := 0

//  Demonstrates the SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML
//  representation and saves it to a file.  It can later be reloaded with LoadXml.

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
oEmail:Subject := "Save as XML"
oEmail:From := "alice@example.com"
oEmail:AddTo("Bob", "bob@example.com")
oEmail:Body := "Hello!"

//  Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
nSuccess := oEmail:SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Saved to email.xml."

//  Note: The path "qa_output/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
//  relative to the current working directory of the running application.

oEmail:destroy()