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<concept id="GUID-F9F45DE7-6688-5C31-90F0-0BEA72E74034" xml:lang="en"><title>Creating

Email Messages in Rich Text Format</title><shortdesc>This tutorial explains how to store the email message data in rich

text format. Storing email messages in rich text format results in increased

RAM storage space, when compared to storing messages in plain text format.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<section><title>Procedure</title> <ol id="GUID-F7EF7462-A65E-50B0-BCDA-C915EB69DAAE">

<li id="GUID-022C69C9-BFBF-5540-ABA1-DEAB836BCC26"><p>Create an email entry

in the message store using <xref href="GUID-3F7DC1AB-D13C-31E9-967B-526AD72CD498.dita#GUID-3F7DC1AB-D13C-31E9-967B-526AD72CD498/GUID-FCDC47D2-0446-3CD7-A246-4DCED7C8A063"><apiname>CImEmailOperation::CreateNewL()</apiname></xref>,

which takes all the following nine parameters. </p> <p><codeblock id="GUID-5BAB9612-275D-56C7-91B7-ED6D7AF93CA6" xml:space="preserve">static IMPORT_C CImEmailOperation *CreateNewL(TRequestStatus &amp;aObserverRequestStatus,

CMsvSession &aMsvSession, TMsvId aDestination, TMsvId aSmtpServiceId,

TMsvPartList aPartList, const TMsvEmailTypeList &aMsvEmailTypeList,

TUid aMsgType, TInt aPriority, TBool aUsePlainTextStorage);</codeblock> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-83FDEF9F-DD2A-502B-9A80-3FBA28347261"><p>Set the <xref href="GUID-4B942C06-1BAC-3A21-B3B1-89FB5C51ADA0.dita"><apiname>TBool</apiname></xref> parameter

to <codeph>EFalse</codeph>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-DC8EEF57-35F8-5A28-83E7-7C98069C357C"><p>Use the <xref href="GUID-3F7DC1AB-D13C-31E9-967B-526AD72CD498.dita#GUID-3F7DC1AB-D13C-31E9-967B-526AD72CD498/GUID-38E7EABD-1300-3DF2-B9DF-B65EEABD8A31"><apiname>CImEmailOperation::ProgressL()</apiname></xref> function

to obtain the <xref href="GUID-A4B1F874-27C0-3BB6-9D29-C35C75A5DB98.dita"><apiname>TMsvId</apiname></xref> parameter of the newly created email.

This is returned through a <xref href="GUID-36B29964-420D-38D0-AF08-4DA70BED8B6E.dita"><apiname>TPckgC</apiname></xref> &lt;<xref href="GUID-A4B1F874-27C0-3BB6-9D29-C35C75A5DB98.dita"><apiname>TMsvId</apiname></xref> &gt;

descriptor. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-16CDC45A-B8A6-5141-80A1-569182A2E642"><p>Create a <xref href="GUID-85BBE389-81F7-3E2F-A789-446D9BE2CC49.dita"><apiname>CMsvEntry</apiname></xref> object

using the <xref href="GUID-A4B1F874-27C0-3BB6-9D29-C35C75A5DB98.dita"><apiname>TMsvId</apiname></xref>  <codeph>aMessageId</codeph> parameter

of the newly created email. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-FBDF917D-2265-524A-B574-500DC13F0095"><p>Use the <xref href="GUID-85BBE389-81F7-3E2F-A789-446D9BE2CC49.dita"><apiname>CMsvEntry</apiname></xref> object

to the create a <xref href="GUID-323E701E-EA22-3CC8-AE84-C16880608D44.dita"><apiname>CImEmailMessage</apiname></xref> object. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-F52E2F63-5A8C-566A-B1B9-7B7D3EBEB4FE"><p>Create the body text

of the email and insert into a <xref href="GUID-39945DA4-B362-3DF6-BF9E-DD079EEA7934.dita"><apiname>CRichText</apiname></xref> object. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-D1E2F8C6-8DB8-564F-8F46-08AD7329BA99"><p>Call the <xref href="GUID-323E701E-EA22-3CC8-AE84-C16880608D44.dita#GUID-323E701E-EA22-3CC8-AE84-C16880608D44/GUID-791117B4-C946-3D43-AE1E-68DDC10F85A3"><apiname>CImEmailMessage::StoreBodyTextL()</apiname></xref> function

and pass the <xref href="GUID-39945DA4-B362-3DF6-BF9E-DD079EEA7934.dita"><apiname>CRichText</apiname></xref> class that contains the body text

of the message. </p> </li>

</ol> </section>

</conbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-2C8653F9-8873-59E8-9FD2-4215F6877ABC.dita"><linktext>Chunk Method

to Process Emails</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-D73AD200-BE4D-50BF-BCF9-14627DE530B7.dita"><linktext>Imap4Example:

An Email manager using IMAP4 and SMTP</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-BB35DBCC-FE56-547F-BADA-9EF854691ADC.dita"><linktext>Pop3Example:

An Email manager using POP3 and SMTP</linktext></link>

</related-links></concept>