Export MSG to WORD via .NET
.NET API to Render MSG to WORD on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add MSG to WORD conversion features to your applications. To do this, you can use the powerful file format manipulation APIs from Aspose.Total for .NET. Aspose.Email for .NET provides the ability to convert MSG file format to HTML. This HTML can then be rendered to WORD using Aspose.Words for .NET.
Aspose.Total for .NET is a suite of APIs that provides a comprehensive set of file format manipulation tools. It includes APIs for manipulating a wide range of file formats, including Microsoft Office, PDF, and image formats. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API for working with MSG files. It allows you to read, write, and convert MSG files to other formats, such as HTML. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API for working with WORD documents. It allows you to create, read, write, and convert WORD documents to other formats, such as HTML.
Using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add MSG to WORD conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Email for .NET allows you to convert MSG files to HTML, and Aspose.Words for .NET allows you to render HTML to WORD. This makes it easy to add MSG to WORD conversion features to your applications.
Aspose.Total for .NET is a powerful suite of APIs that makes it easy to add MSG to WORD conversion features to your applications. With Aspose.Email for .NET, you can convert MSG files to HTML, and with Aspose.Words for .NET, you can render HTML to WORD. This makes it easy to add MSG to WORD conversion features to your applications.
C# API to Convert MSG to WORD
- Open MSG file using MailMessage class
- Convert MSG to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to DOCX format using Save method and set Docx 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 .
| //sourceFile.eml, sourceFile.emlx, sourceFile.oft | |
| MailMessage message = MailMessage.Load("sourceFile.msg"); | |
| message.Save("HtmlOutput.html", SaveOptions.DefaultHtml); | |
| Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html"); | |
| // DOC, DOCM, DOT, DOTM, DOTX, FlatOPC, ODT, OTT, RTF, TXT, XPS | |
| document.Save("output.docx", SaveFormat.Docx); |
Parse MSG File via .NET
Before converting MSG to WORD, 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"); | |
| if(outlookMessageFile.SenderName == "John"){ | |
| //proceed with conversion process | |
| } |
Restrict WORD Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from MSG to WORD, 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.Docx
document.Save("output.docx", SaveFormat.Docx);
Transforming MSG File to WORD Programmatically : Use Cases
Converting MSG Files into Word Documents is necessary to unlock the full potential of your document editing and analysis capabilities. This conversion enables you to:
Use Cases:
- Content Editing: Convert MSG files to edit content, track changes, and collaborate with team members.
- Research Analysis: Use Word to analyze and visualize research data, create bibliographies, and format citations.
- Business Communication: Convert MSG files to create professional business communications, proposals, and reports.
- Education and Research Writing: Use Word to write academic papers, create syllabi, and format references for students and researchers.
- Data-Driven Content Creation: Convert MSG files to create interactive content, such as data-driven infographics and presentations, for a wide range of audiences.