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Set the Email Body from a BinData

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetBodyBd method, which sets the main email body from the binary data in a BinData object. The second argument is the MIME Content-Type, the third is the disposition (may be empty, inline, or attachment), and the fourth is the filename. This example loads HTML content into a BinData and sets it as the body.

Background: SetBodyBd gives low-level control over the body when you already have its bytes and want to specify the exact Content-Type and MIME disposition yourself. It suits content that is generated or stored as binary — for example an EDI payload, a pre-rendered HTML fragment, or any custom content type — where the convenience of SetHtmlBody / SetTextBody does not apply.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL oBd

nSuccess := 0

//  Demonstrates the SetBodyBd method, which sets the main email body from the binary data in
//  a BinData object.  The second argument is the MIME Content-Type, the third is the
//  disposition (may be empty, "inline", or "attachment"), and the fourth is the filename.

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
oEmail:Subject := "Body from BinData"

//  Load the body content from a file into a BinData object.
oBd := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
nSuccess := oBd:LoadFile("qa_data/html/body.html")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oBd:LastErrorText
    oEmail:destroy()
    oBd:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Set the main body from the binary data as text/html.
nSuccess := oEmail:SetBodyBd(oBd, "text/html", "", "")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oEmail:destroy()
    oBd:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "HasHtmlBody: " + Str(oEmail:HasHtmlBody())

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

oEmail:destroy()
oBd:destroy()