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Convert MIME to XML

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML representation and returns it as a string. It takes no arguments. Header names become element names, structured header parameters become attributes, and duplicate headers become repeated elements.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: Turning a MIME tree into XML exposes its structure in a form that ordinary XML tools can query and transform — useful for inspection, debugging, or feeding a message into an XML-based pipeline. It is the inverse of LoadXml, so a message can be round-tripped through XML. For a quick human-readable outline rather than a full representation, see GetStructure.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMime
LOCAL cXml

nSuccess := 0

//  Demonstrates the Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML
//  representation and returns it as a string.  It takes no arguments.

oMime := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")

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

//  Header names become XML element names and structured header parameters become XML attributes.
cXml := oMime:GetXml()
IF (oMime:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? cXml

oMime:destroy()