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Get the Value of a MIME Header Field

Demonstrates how to get the value of a MIME header field. If the header field is not in the top-level MIME header, we must first navigate to the correct MIME part.
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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMime
LOCAL oMpRelated
LOCAL oPJpg

nSuccess := 0

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

oMime := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")

//  The contents of this MIME file are shown below, 
//  and is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/sampleMime.txt
nSuccess := oMime:LoadMimeFile("qa_data/mime/sampleMime.txt")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  The MIME used in this example has the following nested structure
//  
//  multipart/alternative
//      text/plain
//      multipart/related
//          text/html
//          image/jpeg
//  

//  Getting the content of a top-level MIME header is easy.
//  MIME header fields are case insensitive.
? "Subject = " + oMime:GetHeaderField("subject")
? "MIME-Version = " + oMime:GetHeaderField("mime-version")

//  To get a MIME header in a sub-part, first navigate to it..

oMpRelated := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
nSuccess := oMime:PartAt(1, oMpRelated)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    oMpRelated:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oPJpg := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
nSuccess := oMpRelated:PartAt(1, oPJpg)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMpRelated:LastErrorText
    oMime:destroy()
    oMpRelated:destroy()
    oPJpg:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "JPG Content-ID = " + oPJpg:GetHeaderField("content-id")
? "JPG Content-Type = " + oPJpg:GetHeaderField("content-type")

//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//  --------------------------------------------------------------
//  The MIME sample file loaded at the beginning of this example
//  contains the following MIME:

//  Subject: Test email.
//  Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
//  	boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0"
//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  
//  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  
//  This is a test.
//  
//  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
//  Content-Type: multipart/related;
//  	boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
//  
//  --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
//  Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
//  
//  <html><head>
//  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
//    </head>
//    <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
//      <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
//    </body>
//  </html>
//  
//  --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
//  Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
//  Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
//  Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
//  
//  /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
//  NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
//  YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
//  Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
//  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
//  NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
//  pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
//  Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
//  enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
//  xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
//  DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
//  AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
//  QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
//  EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
//  
//  --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
//  
//  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0--
//

oMime:destroy()
oMpRelated:destroy()
oPJpg:destroy()