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MIME Header Q and B Encoding and Decoding

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Demonstrates how to Q and B encode/decode.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
sb: HCkStringBuilder;
sb2: HCkStringBuilder;

begin
success := False;

sb := CkStringBuilder_Create();

CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,'This is a test');

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getEncoded(sb,'B','utf-8'));
// output is:
// =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getEncoded(sb,'Q','iso-8859-1'));
// output is:
// =?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=

sb2 := CkStringBuilder_Create();

CkStringBuilder_Append(sb2,'=?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=');
CkStringBuilder_Decode(sb2,'B','utf-8');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb2));

// output is:
// This is a test

CkStringBuilder_Clear(sb2);
CkStringBuilder_Append(sb2,'=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=');
CkStringBuilder_Decode(sb2,'Q','utf-8');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb2));

// output is:
// This is a test

// "B" or "Q" will decode both B and Q.
CkStringBuilder_Clear(sb2);
CkStringBuilder_Append(sb2,'=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?= 123 =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=');
CkStringBuilder_Decode(sb2,'Q','utf-8');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb2));

// output is:
// This is a test 123 This is a test

CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb2);

end;