Export MSG to RTF via .NET
.NET API to Render MSG to RTF on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
Aspose.Total for .NET is a comprehensive suite of file format manipulation APIs that can help .NET developers add MSG to RTF conversion features to their applications. Aspose.Email for .NET provides the ability to convert MSG files to HTML, while Aspose.Words for .NET can render HTML to RTF. This combination of APIs makes it easy to add MSG to RTF conversion features to any .NET application.
Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows developers to read, write, and convert MSG files. It supports a wide range of features, including the ability to convert MSG files to HTML. This makes it easy to convert MSG files to a format that can be used with Aspose.Words for .NET.
Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API that allows developers to create, edit, and convert documents in a variety of formats. It supports a wide range of features, including the ability to render HTML to RTF. This makes it easy to convert HTML documents to the RTF format, which can then be used in any .NET application.
By combining Aspose.Email for .NET and Aspose.Words for .NET, .NET developers can easily add MSG to RTF conversion features to their applications. This makes it easy to convert MSG files to RTF, which can then be used in any .NET application. Aspose.Total for .NET makes it easy to add MSG to RTF conversion features to any .NET application.
C# API to Convert MSG to RTF
- Open MSG file using MailMessage class
- Convert MSG to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to RTF format using Save method and set Rtf as SaveFormat
Conversion Requirements
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.Rtf
document.Save("output.rtf", SaveFormat.Rtf);
Parse MSG File via .NET
Before converting MSG to RTF, 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 RTF Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from MSG to RTF, 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.Rtf
document.Save("output.rtf", SaveFormat.Rtf);