Xojo Plugin
Xojo Plugin
Save an Email to a .eml File
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveEml method, which converts the email object to EML and saves it to a file. An EML file contains the complete RFC822/MIME message — headers, bodies, related items, and attachments. This example builds a message and saves it.
Background: Saving as
.eml writes the message in the universal MIME format that virtually every mail client can open, making it ideal for archiving, sharing, or handing a message to another program. It is the counterpart to LoadEml. A saved .eml also retains Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (a way to store your own metadata with the email; they are always stripped before an email is sent), so .eml is the recommended way to persist a message even within Chilkat-based software. A separate Chilkat XML format (SaveXml) exists as an alternative, but offers no metadata advantage over .eml.Chilkat Xojo Plugin Downloads
Dim success As Boolean
success = False
// Demonstrates the SaveEml method, which converts the email object to EML and saves it to
// a file. An EML file contains the complete RFC822/MIME message, including headers,
// bodies, related items, and attachments.
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "Save as EML"
email.From = "alice@example.com"
success = email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Hello, this message will be saved as a .eml file."
// Save the email to a .eml file.
success = email.SaveEml("qa_output/message.eml")
If (success = False) Then
System.DebugLog(email.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
System.DebugLog("Saved to message.eml.")
// Note: The path "qa_output/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
// relative to the current working directory of the running application.