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Reads the header of the first email received:
  • via the POP3 or IMAP protocol: the email is found in the in-box on the messaging server.
The different variables of email structure (or Email variable) corresponding to the message header are filled.
This function is useful when reading the email is linked to the message size for example.
The Email.Out variable is set to True if no email is found.
Reminder: Before reading an email, it is necessary to open a session with EmailStartSession, EmailStartNotesSession or EmailStartOutlookSession.
Example
// Read the first email
EmailReadFirstHeader(EmailID)
IF Email.Out = False THEN
// Displays the email in the "WIN_Email_RCV" window
Open(WIN_Email_RCV)
END
Syntax

Reading the header of the first email managed by the POP3 or IMAP protocol Hide the details

<Result> = EmailReadFirstHeader(<Session> [, <Email>])
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the message header was read,
  • False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
<Session>: Character string, or emailPOP3Session or emailIMAPSession variable
Identifies the user session. Corresponds to:
<Email>: Optional Email variable
Name of the Email variable to be initialized with the message content.
If this parameter is not specified, the Email structure is used.
Reports and Queries

Reading the header of the first email managed via Lotus Notes or Outlook Hide the details

<Result> = EmailReadFirstHeader(<Session> [, <Email> [, <Read mode>]])
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the message header was read,
  • False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
<Session>: Integer
Identifier of current email session. This identifier can be:
<Email>: Optional Email variable
Name of the Email variable to be initialized with the message content.
If this parameter is not specified, the Email structure is used.
<Read mode>: Optional constant or character string
Indicates the messages that will be read:
emailAll or "ALL"
(Default value)
All the messages will be read.
emailUnread or "UNREAD"Only the unread messages will be read.
Remarks

The email structure and the Email variables

Two methods can be used to handle emails:
Component: wd290com.dll
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  • Version 9
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