Export OFT to RTF via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to RTF on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to RTF 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 allow you to manipulate various file formats, including OFT and RTF.
Using Aspose.Email for .NET, you can easily convert OFT file format to HTML. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to manipulate emails and other message formats. It provides a wide range of features, including the ability to convert OFT to HTML.
Once you have converted the OFT file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to RTF. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to manipulate documents in various formats, including RTF. It provides a wide range of features, including the ability to render HTML to RTF.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add OFT to RTF conversion features to your applications. Aspose.Total for .NET provides a suite of powerful APIs that allow you to manipulate various file formats, including OFT and RTF. With Aspose.Email for .NET, you can convert OFT to HTML, and with Aspose.Words for .NET, you can render HTML to RTF.
C# API to Convert OFT to RTF
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to RTF format using Save method and set Rtf 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.Rtf
document.Save("output.rtf", SaveFormat.Rtf);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to RTF, 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 RTF Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to RTF, 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.Rtf
document.Save("output.rtf", SaveFormat.Rtf);