(Perl) Create MIME Containing Plain-Text

Calls SetBodyFromPlainText to load plain-text into the MIME body. Also sets the Content-Type header to "text/plain", and the Content-Transfer-Encoding to an appropriate transfer encoding based on the characters found in the text.

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use chilkat();

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

$mime = chilkat::CkMime->new();

# Add a few header fields:
$success = $mime->AddHeaderField("Description","this is a test");
$success = $mime->AddHeaderField("MyId","123");

$textBody = "This is the plain-text body";

$success = $mime->SetBodyFromPlainText($textBody);

print $mime->getMime() . "\r\n";

# The MIME should look like this:

# Description: this is a test
# MyId: 123
# Content-Type: text/plain; 
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
# 
# This is the plain-text body

# Note: The Content-Transfer-Encoding may be changed.
# For example, to use "base64", do this:
$mime->put_Encoding("base64");

# Show the MIME again, this time using the base64 
# transfer encoding:
print $mime->getMime() . "\r\n";

# It should look like this:

# Description: this is a test
# MyId: 123
# Content-Type: text/plain
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
# 
# VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcGxhaW4tdGV4dCBib2R5
#