Export OFT to DOTX via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to DOTX on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to DOTX conversion features to your applications. To do this, you can use the powerful file format manipulation APIs provided by Aspose.Total for .NET. Aspose.Total for .NET is a suite of APIs that enables developers to create, manipulate, and convert various file formats.
Using Aspose.Email for .NET, you can easily convert OFT files to HTML. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that enables developers to create, read, and manipulate Outlook emails. It also provides the ability to convert emails from one format to another. With Aspose.Email for .NET, you can easily convert OFT files to HTML.
Once you have converted the OFT file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to DOTX. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API that enables developers to create, read, and manipulate Word documents. It also provides the ability to convert documents from one format to another. With Aspose.Words for .NET, you can easily render HTML to DOTX.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add OFT to DOTX conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Total for .NET provides powerful APIs that enable developers to create, manipulate, and convert various file formats. With Aspose.Email for .NET, you can convert OFT files to HTML. And with Aspose.Words for .NET, you can render HTML to DOTX.
C# API to Convert OFT to DOTX
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to DOTX format using Save method and set Dotx as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
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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.Dotx
document.Save("output.dotx", SaveFormat.Dotx);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to DOTX, 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 DOTX Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to DOTX, 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.Dotx
document.Save("output.dotx", SaveFormat.Dotx);