Export OFT to PCL via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to PCL on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to PCL conversion features inside 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 provides a comprehensive set of features for manipulating various file formats.
Using Aspose.Email for .NET, you can easily convert OFT file format to HTML. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that enables you to manipulate Outlook files such as MSG, EML, OFT, and PST. It provides a wide range of features for working with Outlook files, including the ability to 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 PCL. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API that enables you to manipulate Word documents such as DOC, DOCX, RTF, and HTML. It provides a wide range of features for working with Word documents, including the ability to render HTML to PCL.
In conclusion, Aspose.Total for .NET provides a comprehensive set of APIs for manipulating various file formats. By using Aspose.Email for .NET, you can convert OFT file format to HTML. After that, by using Aspose.Words for .NET, you can render HTML to PCL. This makes it easy for .NET developers to add OFT to PCL conversion features inside their applications.
C# API to Convert OFT to PCL
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to PCL format using Save method and set Pcl 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.Pcl
document.Save("output.pcl", SaveFormat.Pcl);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to PCL, 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 PCL Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to PCL, 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.Pcl
document.Save("output.pcl", SaveFormat.Pcl);