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Convert a MIME Entity to multipart/mixed

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.ConvertToMultipartMixed method, which wraps the current entity in a new outer multipart/mixed, making the original the first child. It takes no arguments.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is how you turn an existing single-part message into one that can hold attachments — rather than rebuilding it, you wrap it, and its content becomes the first child of a new multipart/mixed. Message-level and custom headers are carried onto the new outer entity so the message identity is preserved. Afterward, AppendPartFromFile adds attachments beside the original body.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMime

nSuccess := 0

oMime := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
nSuccess := oMime:LoadMimeFile("qa_data/message.eml")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Wrap the current entity in a new outer multipart/mixed entity.  The original entity becomes the
//  first child, which is what you do to add attachments to an existing single-part message.
nSuccess := oMime:ConvertToMultipartMixed()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Now attachments can be appended alongside the original content.
nSuccess := oMime:AppendPartFromFile("qa_data/report.pdf")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Number of parts: " + Str(oMime:NumParts)

oMime:destroy()