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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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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var sb = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

    sb.Append("This is a test");

    console.log(sb.GetEncoded("B","utf-8"));
    // output is:
    // =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=

    console.log(sb.GetEncoded("Q","iso-8859-1"));
    // output is:
    // =?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=

    var sb2 = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

    sb2.Append("=?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=");
    sb2.Decode("B","utf-8");
    console.log(sb2.GetAsString());

    // output is:
    // This is a test

    sb2.Clear();
    sb2.Append("=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=");
    sb2.Decode("Q","utf-8");
    console.log(sb2.GetAsString());

    // output is:
    // This is a test

    // "B" or "Q" will decode both B and Q.
    sb2.Clear();
    sb2.Append("=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?= 123 =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=");
    sb2.Decode("Q","utf-8");
    console.log(sb2.GetAsString());

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

}

chilkatExample();