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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Save a MIME Body to a File

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Demonstrates how to save a MIME body to a file. The MIME data file used in this example is available at MIME Sample File.

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var
success: Boolean;
mime: HCkMime;
pTxt: HCkMime;
mpRelated: HCkMime;
pHtml: HCkMime;
pJpg: HCkMime;

begin
success := False;

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

mime := CkMime_Create();

//  The contents of this MIME file are shown below, 
//  and is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/sampleMime.txt
success := CkMime_LoadMimeFile(mime,'qa_data/mime/sampleMime.txt');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__lastErrorText(mime));
    Exit;
  end;

//  The MIME used in this example has the following nested structure
//  
//  multipart/alternative
//      text/plain
//      multipart/related
//          text/html
//          image/jpeg
//  

//  This example will save each of the non-multipart parts.
//  It will create three files -- a .txt, .html, and .jpg.

//  Save the body of the text/plain part.

pTxt := CkMime_Create();
success := CkMime_PartAt(mime,0,pTxt);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__lastErrorText(mime));
    Exit;
  end;

CkMime_SaveBody(pTxt,'qa_output/textPart.txt');

//  Save the HTML part.

mpRelated := CkMime_Create();
success := CkMime_PartAt(mime,1,mpRelated);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__lastErrorText(mime));
    Exit;
  end;

pHtml := CkMime_Create();
success := CkMime_PartAt(mpRelated,0,pHtml);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__lastErrorText(mpRelated));
    Exit;
  end;

CkMime_SaveBody(pHtml,'qa_output/htmlPart.html');

//  Save the JPG binary data.  (The data is automatically base64 decoded prior to saving.)

pJpg := CkMime_Create();
success := CkMime_PartAt(mpRelated,1,pJpg);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__lastErrorText(mpRelated));
    Exit;
  end;

CkMime_SaveBody(pJpg,'qa_output/jpgPart.jpg');

//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//  The MIME sample file loaded at the beginning of this example
//  contains the following MIME:

//  Subject: Test email.
//  Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
//  	boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0"
//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  
//  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  
//  This is a test.
//  
//  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
//  Content-Type: multipart/related;
//  	boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
//  
//  --------------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-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
//  Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
//  Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
//  
//  /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--
//  
//  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0--
//

CkMime_Dispose(mime);
CkMime_Dispose(pTxt);
CkMime_Dispose(mpRelated);
CkMime_Dispose(pHtml);
CkMime_Dispose(pJpg);