Export OFT to GIF via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to GIF on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to GIF conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Total for .NET is the perfect solution for this. It is a comprehensive suite of file format manipulation APIs that can help you achieve your desired results.
Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that can be used to convert OFT file format to HTML. It is a feature-rich API that provides a wide range of features such as email message conversion, email message manipulation, email message extraction, and more. It also supports various file formats such as MSG, EML, EMLX, MHTML, and more.
Once you have converted the OFT file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render HTML to GIF. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API that provides a wide range of features such as document conversion, document manipulation, document extraction, and more. It also supports various file formats such as DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, and more.
In conclusion, Aspose.Total for .NET is the perfect solution for .NET developers who need to add OFT to GIF conversion features to their applications. With Aspose.Email for .NET, you can convert OFT file format to HTML and with Aspose.Words for .NET, you can render HTML to GIF.
C# API to Convert OFT to GIF
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to GIF format using Save method and set Gif 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.Gif
document.Save("output.gif", SaveFormat.Gif);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to GIF, 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 GIF Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to GIF, 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.Gif
document.Save("output.gif", SaveFormat.Gif);