Convert Embedded HTML Images to Multipart/Related CID References

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Demonstrates how to convert HTML images that are inline/embedded within the HTML to CID references to multipart/related MIME parts.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.78 or greater.

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bool success = false;

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

//  This example converts the following email with image data embedded directly in the HTML,
//  to the MIME shown at the bottom of this page.
//  If the HTML contains multiple embedded images, the call to email.ConvertInlineImages will convert all of them.

//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:36:34 +0200
//  Message-ID: <E5DB5F8A65D671FB4822B22F5309411838F2FC93@PC0VDL0W013>
//  Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1252"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
//  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
//  From: <admin@chilkatsoft.com>
//  To: Matt <matt@chilkat.io>
//  Subject: Test
//  
//  <html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
//  <body><p>
//  <img src=3D"data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEA3ADcAAD/2=
//  wBDAAIBAQEBAQIBAQECAgICAgQDAgICAgUEBAMEBgUGBgYFBgYGBwkIBgcJBwYGCAsICQoKCgoK=
//  BggLDAsKDAkKCgr/2wBDAQICAgICAgUDAwUKBwYHCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgo=
//  ...
//  4zzS3ww+5/8AyR//2Q=3D=3D" width=3D"58" height=3D"66" alt=3D"" style=3D"bord=
//  er-width:0px;" /></body>
//  </html>

Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
success = email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/embedded_html_image.eml");

email.ConvertInlineImages();
Debug.WriteLine(email.GetMime());

//  The MIME after moving the image data to a separate MIME sub-part:

//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:36:34 +0200
//  Message-ID: <E5DB5F8A65D671FB4822B22F5309411838F2FC93@PC0VDL0W013>
//  Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="------------020808080005060904000806"
//  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
//  From: <admin@chilkatsoft.com>
//  To: Matt <matt@chilkat.io>
//  Subject: Test
//  
//  --------------020808080005060904000806
//  Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
//  
//  <html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
//  </head></head><body><p>
//  <img src=3D"cid:CID-1f73052c-32a7-4abb-8e9d-0afb58c17eed@CHILKATSLICE" widt=
//  h=3D"58" height=3D"66" alt=3D"" style=3D"border-width:0px;" /></body>
//  </html>
//  
//  
//  
//  --------------020808080005060904000806
//  Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="image_95EA3073134C.jpeg"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
//  Content-ID: <CID-1f73052c-32a7-4abb-8e9d-0afb58c17eed@CHILKATSLICE>
//  
//  /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEA3ADcAAD/2wBDAAIBAQEBAQIBAQECAgICAgQDAgICAgUEBAMEBgUGBgYF
//  BgYGBwkIBgcJBwYGCAsICQoKCgoKBggLDAsKDAkKCgr/2wBDAQICAgICAgUDAwUKBwYHCgoKCgoK
//  ...
//  5bmGF7e42pOwUxrFNEQOcLGw6vX2Yv7NfxbWLYfB67s84vrf/wCLoor8r424ZwGYZkqlSUk+VLRr
//  /Jn2mS8QYzC0Woxi9eqf+aGr+zX8XUyW8K9/+f8Ag/8AjlO/4Zs+Ln/Qqf8Ak/b/APxyiivkXwPl
//  H88/vj/8ifUR4zzS3ww+5/8AyR//2Q==
//  
//  --------------020808080005060904000806--