Export OFT to MD via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to MD on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to MD conversion features to your applications. To do this, you can use the powerful file format manipulation APIs provided by Aspose.Total for .NET. Aspose.Email for .NET is a great tool for converting OFT file format to HTML. After that, Aspose.Words for .NET can be used to render HTML to MD.
Aspose.Total for .NET is a comprehensive suite of APIs that provides a wide range of features for manipulating various file formats. It includes APIs for manipulating Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, images, and more. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API for working with email messages and attachments. It can be used to convert OFT file format to HTML. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API for working with Microsoft Word documents. It can be used to render HTML to MD.
The APIs provided by Aspose.Total for .NET are easy to use and can be integrated into any .NET application. They are also highly reliable and secure, so you can be sure that your data is safe. The APIs are also regularly updated to ensure that they are up to date with the latest technologies.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add OFT to MD conversion features to your .NET applications. Aspose.Email for .NET can be used to convert OFT file format to HTML, and Aspose.Words for .NET can be used to render HTML to MD. With these powerful APIs, you can quickly and easily add OFT to MD conversion features to your applications.
C# API to Convert OFT to MD
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to MD format using Save method and set Md 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.Md
document.Save("output.md", SaveFormat.Md);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to MD, 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 MD Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to MD, 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.Md
document.Save("output.md", SaveFormat.Md);