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Get the Binary Bytes of a MIME Body or Sub-Part Body

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Demonstrates the GetBodyBinary method. The MIME data file used in this example is available at MIME Sample File.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim mime As New Chilkat.Mime

// The contents of this MIME file are shown below, 
// and is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/sampleMime.txt
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/mime/sampleMime.txt")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// The MIME used in this example has the following nested structure
// 
// multipart/alternative
//     text/plain
//     multipart/related
//         text/html
//         image/jpeg
// 

// This example will get the JPG image data bytes.

Dim mpRelated As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mime.PartAt(1,mpRelated)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim pJpg As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mpRelated.PartAt(1,pJpg)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mpRelated.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim jpgBytes As MemoryBlock
jpgBytes = pJpg.GetBodyBinary()

// If these bytes are saved to a file, it will be a valid JPG image.
Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
success = fac.WriteEntireFile("qa_output/starfish20.jpg",jpgBytes)
System.DebugLog("success = " + Str(success))

// --------------------------------------------------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------
// The MIME sample file loaded at the beginning of this example
// contains the following MIME:

// Subject: Test email.
// Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
// 	boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0"
// MIME-Version: 1.0
// 
// --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
// Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
// 
// This is a test.
// 
// --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
// Content-Type: multipart/related;
// 	boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
// 
// --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
// Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
// 
// <html><head>
// <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
//   </head>
//   <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
//     <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
//   </body>
// </html>
// 
// --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
// Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
// Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
// 
// /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
// NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
// YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
// Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
// AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
// NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
// pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
// Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
// enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
// xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
// DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
// AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
// QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
// EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
// 
// --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
// 
// --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0--
//