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How to convert HTML email with attachments to PDF in VB.NET

The sample shows steps and algorithm of how to convert HTML email with attachments to PDF and how to make it work in your VB.NET application. What is ByteScout PDF SDK? It is the component to help programmers in generating new pdf files, modifying and updating existing pdf documents or pdf forms. Provides support for auto-filling pdf forms, adding text with adjustable font, style, size, font family, new form fields, vector and raster drawings. It can help you to convert HTML email with attachments to PDF in your VB.NET application.

This code snippet below for ByteScout PDF SDK works best when you need to quickly convert HTML email with attachments to PDF in your VB.NET application. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instruction. Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

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Program.vb
      
Imports System.Drawing.Printing Imports System.IO Imports System.Text Imports Bytescout.PDF Imports Bytescout.PDF.Converters Imports Font = Bytescout.PDF.Font Imports SolidBrush = Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush Module Program Sub Main() Try ' Parse MessageContents using MsgReader Library ' MsgReader library can be obtained from: https://github.com/Sicos1977/MSGReader Using msg = New MsgReader.Outlook.Storage.Message("HtmlSampleEmailWithAttachment.msg") ' Get Sender information Dim from = msg.GetEmailSender(False, False) ' Message sent datetime Dim sentOn = msg.SentOn ' Recipient To information Dim recipientsTo = msg.GetEmailRecipients(MsgReader.Outlook.RecipientType.[To], False, False) ' Recipient CC information Dim recipientsCc = msg.GetEmailRecipients(MsgReader.Outlook.RecipientType.Cc, False, False) ' Recipient BCC information Dim recipientBcc = msg.GetEmailRecipients(MsgReader.Outlook.RecipientType.Bcc, False, False) ' Message subject Dim subject = msg.Subject ' Get Message Body Dim msgBody = msg.BodyHtml ' Prepare PDF docuemnt Using outputDocument As Document = New Document() ' Add registration keys outputDocument.RegistrationName = "demo" outputDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Add page Dim page As Page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4) outputDocument.Pages.Add(page) ' Default font and brush Dim font As Font = New Font(StandardFonts.Times, 12) Dim brush As Brush = New SolidBrush() ' Add Email contents Dim topMargin As Integer = 0 topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;File Name: {msg.FileName}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;From: {from}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;Sent On: {(If(sentOn.HasValue, sentOn.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"), ""))}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;To: {recipientsTo}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientsCc) Then topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;CC: {recipientsCc}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) End If If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientBcc) Then topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;BCC: {recipientBcc}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) End If topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;Subject: {subject}", font, brush, 20, topMargin) topMargin += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString("Message body and attachments in next page.", font, brush, 20, topMargin) ' Convert Html body to PDF in order to retain all formatting. Using converter As HtmlToPdfConverter = New HtmlToPdfConverter() converter.PageSize = PaperKind.A4 converter.Orientation = Bytescout.PDF.Converters.PaperOrientation.Portrait ' Convert input HTML to stream Dim byteArrayBody As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(msgBody) Dim inputStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(byteArrayBody) ' Create output stream to store generated PDF file Using outputStream = New MemoryStream() ' Convert HTML to PDF converter.ConvertHtmlToPdf(inputStream, outputStream) ' Create new document from generated output stream Dim docContent As Document = New Document(outputStream) ' Append all pages to main PDF For Each item As Page In docContent.Pages outputDocument.Pages.Add(item) Next ' Get attachments from message (if any, and append to document) If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then For Each itmAttachment As MsgReader.Outlook.Storage.Attachment In msg.Attachments ' Get Memory Stream Dim attachmentMemoryStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(itmAttachment.Data) ' Append Attachment Dim docAttachment As Document = New Document(attachmentMemoryStream) ' Append all pages to main PDF For Each item As Page In docAttachment.Pages outputDocument.Pages.Add(item) Next Next End If ' Save output file outputDocument.Save("result.pdf") ' Open output file Process.Start("result.pdf") End Using End Using End Using End Using Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine(ex.Message) Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to exit...") Console.ReadLine() End Try End Sub End Module

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packages.config
      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <packages> <package id="MsgReader" version="3.4.1" targetFramework="net45" /> <package id="OpenMcdf" version="2.2.1.3" targetFramework="net45" /> </packages>

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