Export EMLX to XPS via .NET
.NET API to Render EMLX to XPS on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
If you are a .NET developer looking to add EMLX to XPS 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 EMLX file format to HTML. After that, by using Aspose.Words for .NET , you can render HTML to XPS.
C# API to Convert EMLX to XPS
- Open EMLX file using MailMessage class
- Convert EMLX to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to XPS format using Save method and set Xps as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
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MailMessage message = MailMessage.Load("sourceFile.emlx");
// save EMLX 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.Xps
document.Save("output.xps", SaveFormat.Xps);
Parse EMLX File via .NET
Before converting EMLX to XPS, if you want to make sure that you are converting the correct email, you can load EMLX 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.emlx");
// check for SenderName
if(outlookMessageFile.SenderName == "John"){
//proceed with conversion process
}
Restrict XPS Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from EMLX to XPS, 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.Xps
document.Save("output.xps", SaveFormat.Xps);
Other Conversion Options
EMLX What is EMLX File Format?
The EMLX file format is implemented and developed by Apple. The Apple Mail application uses the EMLX file format for exporting the emails. There are other applications as well that can open the EMLX files and convert these to other file formats.
Read MoreXPS What is XPS File Format?
An XPS file represents page layout files that are based on XML Paper Specifications created by Microsoft. It was developed as a replacement of EMF file format and is similar to PDF file format, but uses XML in layout, appearance, and printing information of a document. It is, in fact, more justified to say that XPS is an attempt on PDF, but couldn’t get enough popularity as owned by PDF for many reasons. Microsoft provides XPS Document Writer by default from Windows 7 onwards for the creation of XPS files. XPS files can be generated by selecting the Microsoft XPS Document Writer as printer while printing the document.
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