Export EMAIL to ODT via .NET
.NET API to Render EMAIL to ODT on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add EMAIL to ODT conversion features to your applications. To do this, you can use the powerful file format manipulation APIs provided by Aspose.Total for .NET. Aspose.Total for .NET is a suite of APIs that enables developers to work with a wide range of file formats, including EMAIL and ODT.
Using Aspose.Email for .NET, you can easily convert EMAIL files to HTML. This API provides a range of features that make it easy to convert EMAIL files to HTML, including support for various EMAIL file formats, such as MSG, EML, MHTML, and EMLX. It also provides a range of options for customizing the output HTML, such as setting the font size, font color, and background color.
Once you have converted the EMAIL file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to ODT. This API provides a range of features that make it easy to render HTML to ODT, including support for various HTML elements, such as tables, images, and hyperlinks. It also provides a range of options for customizing the output ODT, such as setting the page size, page orientation, and page margins.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add EMAIL to ODT 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 ODT. With these powerful APIs, you can quickly and easily add EMAIL to ODT conversion features to your applications.
C# API to Convert EMAIL to ODT
- Open EMAIL file using MailMessage class
- Convert EMAIL to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to ODT format using Save method and set Odt as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
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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.Odt
document.Save("output.odt", SaveFormat.Odt);
Parse EMAIL File via .NET
Before converting EMAIL to ODT, 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 ODT Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from EMAIL to ODT, 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.Odt
document.Save("output.odt", SaveFormat.Odt);