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Build a multipart/related MIME Message

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Demonstrates how to construct a multipart/related MIME message containing HTML and a related JPG image. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

;  Start with an empty MIME object...
$oMime = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")

;  Initialize it as multipart/related.
$oMime.NewMultipartRelated()

;  Set a top-level MIME header field.
$oMime.SetHeaderField("Subject","Test HTML email with JPG image.")

;  Generate a Content-ID.  This will contain random data that will allow
;  the HTML's "img" tag to reference the image part in the MIME.
$oCrypt = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Crypt2")
$oCrypt.EncodingMode = "hex"

$oSbContentId = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbContentId.Append("part1.")
$oSbContentId.Append($oCrypt.GenRandomBytesENC(4))
$oSbContentId.Append(".")
$oSbContentId.Append($oCrypt.GenRandomBytesENC(4))
$oSbContentId.Append("@chilkatsoft.com")

;  Create the HTML body.
$oSbHtml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbHtml.Append("<html><head>" & @CRLF)
$oSbHtml.Append("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">" & @CRLF)
$oSbHtml.Append("  </head>" & @CRLF)
$oSbHtml.Append("  <body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"" text=""#000000"">" & @CRLF)
$oSbHtml.Append("    <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src=""cid:CONTENT_ID"" height=""20"" width=""20""></p>" & @CRLF)
$oSbHtml.Append("  </body>" & @CRLF)
$oSbHtml.Append("</html>" & @CRLF)
Local $iNumReplacements = $oSbHtml.Replace("CONTENT_ID",$oSbContentId.GetAsString())

;  Create the HTML MIME part.
$oHtmlMime = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")
$oHtmlMime.SetBodyFromHtml($oSbHtml.GetAsString())
$oHtmlMime.Encoding = "8bit"
$oHtmlMime.Charset = "utf-8"

;  Load our JPG image from a file.
$oFac = ObjCreate("Chilkat.FileAccess")
Local $oJpgBytes
$oJpgBytes = $oFac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg")

;  Create an image/jpeg MIME part.
$oJpgMime = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")
$oJpgMime.SetBodyFromBinary($oJpgBytes)
;  Setting the following properties has the effect of adding
;  the Content-Type, Content-Transfer-Encoding, and Content-Disposition header fields.
;  These header fields could also be set via the SetHeaderField method, in which case
;  the values of the affected properties would be updated.
$oJpgMime.ContentType = "image/jpeg"
$oJpgMime.Name = "starfish20.jpg"
$oJpgMime.Encoding = "base64"
$oJpgMime.Disposition = "inline"
$oJpgMime.Filename = "starfish20.jpg"

$oSbContentIdHdr = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbContentIdHdr.Append("<CONTENT_ID>")
$iNumReplacements = $oSbContentIdHdr.Replace("CONTENT_ID",$oSbContentId.GetAsString())
$oJpgMime.SetHeaderField("Content-ID",$oSbContentIdHdr.GetAsString())

;  Add both parts as children of the multipart/related
$oMime.AppendPart($oHtmlMime)
$oMime.AppendPart($oJpgMime)
ConsoleWrite($oMime.GetMime() & @CRLF)

;  --------------------------------------------------------------
;  --------------------------------------------------------------
;  This example builds the following MIME message.  The boundary
;  and Content-ID strings contain random data and will be different.  

;  Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
;  Subject: Test HTML email with JPG image.
;  
;  --------------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-Transfer-Encoding: base64
;  Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
;  Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
;  Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
;  
;  /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--
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