(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

' Connect to the IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
Dim success As Boolean = Await imap.ConnectAsync("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Login
success = Await imap.LoginAsync("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = Await imap.SelectMailboxAsync("Inbox")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
Dim fetchUids As Boolean = True

' Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
Dim messageSet As Chilkat.MessageSet = Await imap.SearchAsync("ALL",fetchUids)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
Dim bundle As Chilkat.EmailBundle = Await imap.FetchHeadersAsync(messageSet)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then

    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
Dim ascending As Boolean = True
bundle.SortByDate(ascending)

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

' Display the Subject and From of each email.
Dim i As Integer = 0
While i < bundle.MessageCount
    Dim email As Chilkat.Email
    email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    Debug.WriteLine(email.GetHeaderField("Date"))
    Debug.WriteLine(email.Subject)
    Debug.WriteLine(email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("--")



    i = i + 1
End While

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = Await imap.DisconnectAsync()