Export MSG to GIF via .NET
.NET API to Render MSG to GIF on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may be looking for a way to add MSG to GIF conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Total for .NET is the perfect solution for you. Aspose.Total for .NET is a comprehensive suite of file format manipulation APIs that allow you to easily manipulate various file formats.
Using Aspose.Email for .NET, you can convert MSG file format to HTML. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to easily manipulate MSG files. It provides a wide range of features such as the ability to read, write, and convert MSG files. It also allows you to manipulate the contents of MSG files, such as adding attachments, setting properties, and more.
Once you have converted the MSG file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render HTML to GIF. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to easily manipulate Word documents. It provides a wide range of features such as the ability to read, write, and convert Word documents. It also allows you to manipulate the contents of Word documents, such as adding images, setting properties, and more.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add MSG to GIF conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Total for .NET provides a comprehensive suite of file format manipulation APIs that allow you to easily manipulate various file formats. Aspose.Email for .NET allows you to convert MSG file format to HTML, and Aspose.Words for .NET allows you to render HTML to GIF. With Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add MSG to GIF conversion features to your applications.
C# API to Convert MSG to GIF
- Open MSG file using MailMessage class
- Convert MSG to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to GIF format using Save method and set Gif as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
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MailMessage message = MailMessage.Load("sourceFile.msg");
// save MSG 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.Gif
document.Save("output.gif", SaveFormat.Gif);
Parse MSG File via .NET
Before converting MSG to GIF, if you want to make sure that you are converting the correct email, you can load MSG 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 GIF Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from MSG to GIF, 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.Gif
document.Save("output.gif", SaveFormat.Gif);