Export MSG to PDF via C# .NET Core
.NET API to Render MSG as PDF on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Outlook
Why Convert MSG to PDF format?
Converting MSG files to PDF through .NET or an application is essential for universal compatibility, data security, email archiving, professional presentation, reduced storage space, and easy printing. PDF’s universality ensures seamless sharing across devices, while robust security features protect sensitive information. PDFs preserve email formatting for professional presentations and efficient archiving, reducing storage requirements and facilitating hassle-free printing, making it a versatile choice for various use cases.
How Aspose.Total can help in MSG to PDF Conversion?
If you are a .NET developer seeking to seamlessly integrate MSG to PDF conversion capabilities within your applications, Aspose.Total for .NET provides a powerful solution. Utilizing Aspose.Email for .NET, you can efficiently transform MSG files into HTML. Subsequently, leverage Aspose.Words for .NET to effortlessly render HTML content into high-quality PDFs. This comprehensive approach ensures a smooth and effective transition of MSG documents to PDF format, enhancing the document management capabilities of your applications.
How to Convert MSG to PDF via C#
- Open MSG file using MailMessage class
- Convert MSG to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to PDF format using Save method and set Pdf as SaveFormat
MSG to PDF Converter API
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Parse MSG File via .NET
Before converting MSG to PDF, 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.
Restrict PDF Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from MSG to PDF, 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.Pdf
document.Save("output.pdf", SaveFormat.Pdf);
Transforming MSG File to PDF Programmatically : Use Cases
Converting Message Files (MSG) into Portable Document Format (PDF) files is necessary to unlock the full potential of your document sharing and analysis capabilities. This conversion enables you to:
Use Cases:
- Compliance Reporting: Convert MSG files to PDFs for regulatory compliance, ensuring that all required documents are submitted accurately and on time.
- Document Preservation: Use PDF conversion to preserve historical messages and records, making them accessible for future reference or analysis.
- Election Verification: Convert MSG files to PDFs for election verification processes, ensuring the integrity of voting data and results.
- Intellectual Property Protection: Use PDF conversion to protect sensitive business information by converting proprietary documents into a tamper-evident format.
- Data Archive Management: Convert MSG files to PDFs for archiving and storing historical data, making it easily accessible for future analysis or reporting.