Export OFT to WORD via .NET
.NET API to Render OFT to WORD on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add OFT to WORD 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.
Aspose.Email for .NET is one of the components of Aspose.Total for .NET. It provides the ability to convert OFT file format to HTML. This API is designed to be easy to use and provides a wide range of features for manipulating emails. It also supports various email formats such as MSG, EML, MHTML, and OFT.
Once you have converted the OFT file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render HTML to WORD. Aspose.Words for .NET is a powerful API for manipulating Word documents. It supports a wide range of features such as creating, editing, and converting Word documents. It also supports various file formats such as DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, and PDF.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily add OFT to WORD conversion features inside your 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 WORD. This makes it easy to add OFT to WORD conversion features in your applications.
C# API to Convert OFT to WORD
- Open OFT file using MailMessage class
- Convert OFT to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to DOCX format using Save method and set Docx 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.Docx
document.Save("output.docx", SaveFormat.Docx);
Parse OFT File via .NET
Before converting OFT to WORD, 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 WORD Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from OFT to WORD, 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.Docx
document.Save("output.docx", SaveFormat.Docx);