Export EMAIL to DOT via .NET
.NET API to Render EMAIL to DOT on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add features to your applications that allow for the conversion of EMAIL files to DOT format. Fortunately, Aspose.Total for .NET provides a comprehensive set of file format manipulation APIs that make this process easy.
Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that enables you to convert EMAIL files to HTML. This API provides a wide range of features, such as the ability to read and write EMAIL messages in various formats, including MSG, EML, MHTML, and TNEF. It also supports the conversion of EMAIL attachments to various formats, including PDF, HTML, and TXT.
Once you have converted the EMAIL file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to DOT. This API provides a comprehensive set of features for manipulating and converting documents in various formats, including DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, and HTML. It also supports the conversion of documents to PDF, XPS, and other popular formats.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add EMAIL to DOT conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Email for .NET makes it easy to convert EMAIL files to HTML, and Aspose.Words for .NET makes it easy to render HTML to DOT. With these powerful APIs, you can quickly and easily add the features you need to your applications.
C# API to Convert EMAIL to DOT
- Open EMAIL file using MailMessage class
- Convert EMAIL to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to DOT format using Save method and set Dot as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
Install from command line as nuget install Aspose.Total or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package Aspose.Total.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .
MailMessage message = MailMessage.Load("sourceFile.msg");
// save EMAIL as a HTML
message.Save("HtmlOutput.html", SaveOptions.DefaultHtml);
// load HTML with an instance of Document
Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html");
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Dot
document.Save("output.dot", SaveFormat.Dot);
Parse EMAIL File via .NET
Before converting EMAIL to DOT, if you want to make sure that you are converting the correct email, you can load EMAIL document, parse it and have a look at your desired property. By using MapiMessage class of Aspose.Email for .NET API, you can get sender and recipients information. For example, you can check for a specific sender email for the conversion by using SenderName property.
var outlookMessageFile = MapiMessage.FromFile("message.msg");
// check for SenderName
if(outlookMessageFile.SenderName == "John"){
//proceed with conversion process
}
Restrict DOT Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from EMAIL to DOT, you might need to protect your output document. Sometimes you may need to limit the ability to edit a document and only allow certain actions with it. This can be useful to prevent other people from editing sensitive and confidential information in your document. Aspose.Words for .NET API, enables you to control the way you restrict the content using the ProtectionType enumeration parameter. You can set your document to read-only by using the following lines of code.
Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html");
// apply document protection and set protection password
doc.Protect(ProtectionType.ReadOnly, "password");
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Dot
document.Save("output.dot", SaveFormat.Dot);