It may be necessary to "save" a message to a storage medium, or to "load" a message from a storage medium. PowerTCP fully supports this. Messages can be "saved" using the Store method. Messages can be "loaded" by passing in the Stream containing the message into the MessageStream constructor.

To store and load a message, use the following steps.

1. Add the Smtp component to a new form.
2. Import the namespace of the component you would like to use using "Using" (C#) or "Imports" (VB.NET). Place the following code at the top of your file. Also, import System.IO as a FileStream will be used in this example.

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   using Dart.PowerTCP.Mail; using System.IO;

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   Imports Dart.PowerTCP.Mail Imports System.IO

3. Add a button to the form.
4. Create a MessageStream object. This is the object that will be "stored". Place the following code in the Click event of the button added to the form in step 3.

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   // Create a MessageStream MessageStream msg = new MessageStream(); // Set "To", "From", and "Subject" msg.To.Add(new MailAddress("you@yourserver.com")); msg.From = new MailAddress("me@myserver.com"); msg.Subject = "Test Message"; // Set the message text msg.Text = "This is a test message";

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   ' Create a MessageStream Dim msg As New MessageStream() ' Set "To", "From", and "Subject" msg.To.Add(New MailAddress("you@yourserver.com")) msg.From = New MailAddress("me@myserver.com") msg.Subject = "Test Message" ' Set the message text msg.Text = "This is a test message"

5. Store the message to a file. You may wish to store a message so you can look at the source, or perhaps you may wish to store it to reload it into a new MessageStream in the future.

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   // Store the message FileStream f = new FileStream("C:\\storedmessage.msg", FileMode.Create); msg.Store(f); f.Close();

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   ' Store the message Dim f As New FileStream("C:\\storedmessage.msg", FileMode.Create) msg.Store(f) f.Close()

6. Load the message from the file. This will re-create the MessageStream object, allowing you to use the MessageStream within your application.

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   // Reload the message msg = new MessageStream(new FileStream("C:\\storedmessage.msg", FileMode.Open));

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   ' Reload the message msg = New MessageStream(New FileStream("C:\\storedmessage.msg", FileMode.Open))

7. Send the message.

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   // First set the server. smtp1.Server = "mail.test.com"; // Then send. smtp1.Send(msg);

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   ' First set the server. Smtp1.Server = "mail.test.com" ' Then send. Smtp1.Send(msg)

8. Compile and run the application.