(Lianja) Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loImap = createobject("CkImap")

// Connect to the IMAP server.
// Use TLS
loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Login
llSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Select an IMAP mailbox
llSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

llFetchUids = .T.
loMessageSet = createobject("CkMessageSet")
llSuccess = loImap.QueryMbx("ALL",llFetchUids,loMessageSet)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    return
endif

// Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
loBundle = createobject("CkEmailBundle")
llHeadersOnly = .T.
llSuccess = loImap.FetchMsgSet(llHeadersOnly,loMessageSet,loBundle)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    release loBundle
    return
endif

// Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
llAscending = .T.
loBundle.SortByDate(llAscending)

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

// Display the Subject and From of each email.
loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")
i = 0
do while i < loBundle.MessageCount
    loBundle.EmailAt(i,loEmail)

    ? loEmail.GetHeaderField("Date")
    ? loEmail.Subject
    ? loEmail.From
    ? "--"

    i = i + 1
enddo

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
llSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()


release loImap
release loMessageSet
release loBundle
release loEmail