Export OFT to BMP via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to BMP on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add features to your applications that allow for the conversion of OFT files to BMP. Fortunately, Aspose.Total for .NET provides a comprehensive suite of file format manipulation APIs that make this process easy.
Aspose.Email for .NET is the first step in the conversion process. This API allows you to convert OFT files to HTML. This is done by using the MailMessage.Save() method, which takes the OFT file as an input and outputs an HTML file.
Once the OFT file has been converted to HTML, Aspose.Words for .NET can be used to render the HTML to BMP. This is done by using the Document.Save() method, which takes the HTML file as an input and outputs a BMP file.
In summary, Aspose.Total for .NET provides a comprehensive suite of file format manipulation APIs that make it easy to convert OFT files to BMP. By using Aspose.Email for .NET to convert the OFT file to HTML, and then Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to BMP, you can quickly and easily add OFT to BMP conversion features to your .NET applications.
C# API to Convert OFT to BMP
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to BMP format using Save method and set Bmp 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.oft");
// save OFT 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.Bmp
document.Save("output.bmp", SaveFormat.Bmp);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to BMP, if you want to make sure that you are converting the correct email, you can load OFT 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.oft");
// check for SenderName
if(outlookMessageFile.SenderName == "John"){
//proceed with conversion process
}
Restrict BMP Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to BMP, 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.Bmp
document.Save("output.bmp", SaveFormat.Bmp);