Sub Initialize
 Dim s As New NotesSession
 Dim db As NotesDatabase
 Dim dc As NotesDocumentCollection
 Dim doc As NotesDocument
 Dim mime As NotesMIMEEntity
 Dim stream As NotesStream
 Set db = s.CurrentDatabase
 s.ConvertMIME = False ' Do not convert MIME to rich text
 Set dc = db.UnprocessedDocuments
 Set doc = dc.GetFirstDocument
 If Not(doc Is Nothing) Then
   Set mime = doc.GetMIMEEntity
   If Not(mime Is Nothing) Then
     If mime.ContentType = "text" And _
     mime.ContentSubtype = "plain" Then
       Set stream = s.CreateStream
       pathname$ = "c:\lotus\notes\data\temp.txt"
       If Not stream.Open(pathname$, "us-ascii") Then
         Messagebox pathname$,, "Open failed"
         Goto ExitSub
       End If
       Call stream.Close();
       Call mime.GetContentAsText(stream)
     Else
       Messagebox "Not plain text",, _
       doc.GetItemValue("Subject")(0)
     End If
   Else
     Messagebox "Not MIME",, doc.GetItemValue("Subject")(0)
   End If
 End If
ExitSub:
 s.ConvertMIME = True ' Restore conversion
End Sub

See Also

GetContentAsText method

Glossary