The NotesMIMEEntity class is used to access items of type MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). MIME defines techniques for handling 8-bit data, character sets, and a variety of content types. MIME also allows for structured messages, where a message can have multiple parts and relations between the parts.

A typical example is an Internet mail message routed to a mail file without conversion to rich text.

The MIME parts of a document are items of type MIME_PART. In Internet mail messages they are typically named "Body." Programmatically you can access these items as NotesItem, NotesRichTextItem, or NotesMIMEEntity objects.

To access the MIME content of a NotesDocument:

• First set NotesSession.ConvertMIME to False to override normal conversion of MIME items to rich text.
• Then call NotesDocument.GetMIMEEntity.
• Or call NotesDocument.GetFirstItem followed by NotesItem.GetMIMEEntity.
• To create an item in MIME format, call NotesDocument.CreateMIMEEntity.
• To close MIME processing so you can work on items directly, call NotesDocument.CloseMIMEEntities.
• Before exiting your code, set NotesSession.ConvertMIME back to True (or the original setting).

• DecodeContent
• EncodeContent
• GetContentAsBytes
• GetContentAsText
• GetEntityAsText
• SetContentFromBytes
• SetContentFromText

• CreateChildEntity
• CreateParentEntity
• GetFirstChildEntity
• GetNextEntity
• GetNextSibling
• GetParentEntity
• GetPrevEntity
• GetPrevSibling

The CreateHeader and GetNthHeader methods access MIME headers as NotesMIMEHeader objects (as well as the HeaderObjects property).

The NotesMIMEHeader class has a HeaderName property, a Remove method, and the following methods for accessing header content:

• AddValText
• GetHeaderVal
• GetHeaderValAndParams
• GetParamVal
• SetHeaderVal
• SetHeaderValAndParams
• SetParamVal

Example
See Also

Accessing items in LotusScript classes
ConvertMIME property

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