(MFC) Access Attached Message (Embedded Email)

How to access an email embedded within another email (i.e. an attached message).

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    CkEmail email;

    // Load an email from a .eml
    bool success = email.LoadEml("embeddedEmail.eml");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(email.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Display how many attached emails are embedded within
    // this one:
    int numAttached = email.get_NumAttachedMessages();
    strOut.append("numAttached = ");
    strOut.appendInt(numAttached);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Get the 1st attached message.
    CkEmail *email2 = 0;
    email2 = email.GetAttachedMessage(0);
    if (email.get_LastMethodSuccess() == true) {

        // Display the subject, From, and a header field...
        strOut.append(email2->subject());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(email2->ck_from());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(email2->getHeaderField("X-SOMETHING"));
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }