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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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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loEmail

lnSuccess = 0

*  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>

loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
lnSuccess = loEmail.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/embedded_html_image.eml")

loEmail.ConvertInlineImages()
? loEmail.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--

RELEASE loEmail