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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
fetchUids: Boolean;
messageSet: HCkMessageSet;
bundle: HCkEmailBundle;
headersOnly: Boolean;
ascending: Boolean;
email: HCkEmail;
i: Integer;

begin
success := False;

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

imap := CkImap_Create();

//  Connect to the IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.example.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Login
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'myLogin','myPassword');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

fetchUids := True;
messageSet := CkMessageSet_Create();
success := CkImap_QueryMbx(imap,'ALL',fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
bundle := CkEmailBundle_Create();
headersOnly := True;
success := CkImap_FetchMsgSet(imap,headersOnly,messageSet,bundle);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
ascending := True;
CkEmailBundle_SortByDate(bundle,ascending);

//  To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call 
//  SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

//  Display the Subject and From of each email.
email := CkEmail_Create();
i := 0;
while i < CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle) do
  begin
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt(bundle,i,email);

    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__getHeaderField(email,'Date'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__subject(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__from(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('--');

    i := i + 1;
  end;

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success := CkImap_Disconnect(imap);

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);