Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: EmailParser.PlainText

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EmailParser.PlainText

Queries plain text of email.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
EmailParser	5.3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "EmailParser.PlainText"; EmailID ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

EmailID The ID fo the email parser. $Email

Parameter	Description	Example
EmailID	The ID fo the email parser.	$Email

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Queries plain text of email.
For HTML only email, the plugin will extract text. This text may be okay for full text search, but not necessarily good to display to user.

Examples

Parse Subject, PlainText and HTMLText from email:

Set Variable [$email; Value:MBS("EmailParser.Parse"; Email Parser::Input)]
If [MBS("IsError") = 1]
Show Custom Dialog ["Failed to parse email."; Middle($email; 7; Length($email))]
Exit Script []
End If
#Show text:
Set Field [Email Parser::Subject; MBS("EmailParser.Subject"; $email)]
Set Field [Email Parser::PlainText; MBS("EmailParser.PlainText"; $email)]
Set Field [Email Parser::HTMLText; MBS("EmailParser.HTMLText"; $email)]
#cleanup
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("EmailParser.Free"; $email)]

Example Databases

Drag and Drop/for Mac/DragTest Email

Created 24th September 2015, last changed 16th October 2015

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