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Get a MIME Header Field Attribute

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetHeaderFieldAttribute method, which returns an attribute value parsed from a header field. The first argument is the header field name and the second is the attribute name. Surrounding quotes are removed.

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

Background: Many MIME headers pack extra parameters after the main value — Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="xyz" or Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="report.pdf". This method extracts one of those named attributes directly, saving you from parsing the header string yourself and correctly stripping quotes and handling encoded values.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMime
LOCAL cBoundary

nSuccess := 0

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

//  Return an attribute value parsed from a header field.  The 1st argument is the header field
//  name and the 2nd is the attribute name.  For example, the "boundary" attribute of the
//  Content-Type header, or the "filename" attribute of Content-Disposition.
cBoundary := oMime:GetHeaderFieldAttribute("Content-Type", "boundary")
IF (oMime:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Content-Type boundary: " + cBoundary

oMime:destroy()