(VB.NET) Save HTML Email Embedded Images

Saves HTML embedded items to files in a subdirectory. Images, style sheets, and anything else embedded within HTML, are not considered to be attachments. Instead, these items are "related item". The Chilkat email object provides a set of methods/properties for accessing the related items within an email.

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Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

' Load an email object containing HTML with embedded images.

Dim success As Boolean = email.LoadEml("myEmails/HtmlEmail.eml")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Iterate over the related items.  
' Print the file name and save each to a file.
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim numRelated As Integer = email.NumRelatedItems
While i < numRelated

    Debug.WriteLine(email.GetRelatedFilename(i))

    success = email.SaveRelatedItem(i,"myRelatedItemsDir")
    If (success <> True) Then
        Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
        Exit Sub
    End If

    i = i + 1
End While