Export EMAIL to IMAGE via .NET

.NET API to Render EMAIL to IMAGE on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook

If you are a .NET developer looking to add EMAIL to IMAGE conversion features inside your applications, Aspose.Total for .NET file format manipulation APIs are the way forward. By using Aspose.Email for .NET , you can convert EMAIL file format to HTML. After that, by using Aspose.Words for .NET , you can render HTML to IMAGE.

C# API to Convert EMAIL to IMAGE

Open EMAIL file using MailMessage class
Convert EMAIL to HTML by using Save method
Load HTML by using Document class
Save the document to PNG format using Save method and set Png as SaveFormat

Get Started with .NET File Format APIs

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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.Png
document.Save("output.png", SaveFormat.Png); 

Parse EMAIL File via .NET

Before converting EMAIL to IMAGE, 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 IMAGE Document Editing via .NET

While saving the document from EMAIL to IMAGE, 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.Png
document.Save("output.png", SaveFormat.Png);  

Other Conversion Options

MSG TO WORDML (Microsoft Word 2003 WordprocessingML)

MSG TO FLATOPC

MSG TO DOCM (Microsoft Word 2007 Marco File)

MSG TO DOTX (Microsoft Word Template File )

MSG TO TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

MSG TO SVG (Scalar Vector Graphics)

MSG TO TEXT

MSG TO PS (PostScript File)

MSG TO DOT (Microsoft Word Template Files)

MSG TO GIF (Graphical Interchange Format)

MSG TO EPUB (Open eBook File)

MSG TO RTF (Rich Text Format)

MSG TO DOTM (Microsoft Word 2007+ Template File)

MSG TO JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)

MSG TO DOCX (Office 2007+ Word Document)

MSG TO ODT (OpenDocument Text File Format)

MSG TO PDF (Portable Document Format)

MSG TO BMP (Bitmap Image File)

MSG TO XPS (XML Paper Specifications)

MSG TO PNG (Portable Network Graphic)

MSG TO EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)

MSG TO PCL (Printer Command Language Document)

MSG TO DOC (Microsoft Word Binary Format)

MSG TO OTT (OpenDocument Standard Format)

MSG What is MSG File Format?

MSG is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to store email messages, contact, appointment, or other tasks. Such messages may contain one or more email fields, with the sender, recipient, subject, date, and message body, or contact information, appointment particulars, and one or more task specifications. The properties that constitute the Message object, including are also a part of the MSG file. MSG file has headers, main message body, and hyperlinks as plain ASCII text. MSG files are also suitable with the programs that need Microsoft’s Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI).

PNG What is PNG File Format?

PNG, Portable Network Graphics, refers to a type of raster image file format that use loseless compression. This file format was created as a replacement of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and has no copyright limitations. However, PNG file format does not support animations. PNG file format supports loseless image compression that makes it popular among its users. With the passage of time, PNG has evolved as one of the mostly used image file format.