Export MSG to PS via .NET
.NET API to Render MSG to PS on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add MSG to PS conversion features to your applications. To do this, you can use the powerful file format manipulation APIs provided by Aspose.Total for .NET. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to convert MSG file format to HTML. After that, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render HTML to PS.
Aspose.Total for .NET is a suite of APIs that provides a comprehensive set of features for manipulating various file formats. It includes APIs for manipulating Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, images, and emails. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to read, write, and convert emails in various formats, including MSG. It also provides features for manipulating email attachments, message headers, and other email properties.
Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API for creating, editing, and converting documents in various formats, including HTML. It provides features for manipulating document elements, such as paragraphs, tables, and images. It also provides features for converting documents from one format to another, such as HTML to PS.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add MSG to PS conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Email for .NET allows you to convert MSG file format to HTML, and Aspose.Words for .NET allows you to render HTML to PS. With these powerful APIs, you can easily add MSG to PS conversion features to your applications.
C# API to Convert MSG to PS
- Open MSG file using MailMessage class
- Convert MSG to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to PS format using Save method and set Ps as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
Install from command line as nuget install Aspose.Total or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package Aspose.Total.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .
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.Ps
document.Save("output.ps", SaveFormat.Ps);
Parse MSG File via .NET
Before converting MSG to PS, 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 PS Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from MSG to PS, 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.Ps
document.Save("output.ps", SaveFormat.Ps);