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ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Convert Text Email with Attachments to PDF

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Tutorial on how to convert text email with attachments to PDF in VB.NET

Learn how to convert text email with attachments to PDF in VB.NET with this source code sample. ByteScout PDF SDK 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 and you can use it to convert text email with attachments to PDF with VB.NET.

This code snippet below for ByteScout PDF SDK works best when you need to quickly convert text email with attachments to PDF in your VB.NET application. In order to implement the functionality, you should copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in VB.NET.

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Program.vb
      
Imports System.Drawing.Printing Imports System.IO Imports System.Text Imports Bytescout.PDF Imports Bytescout.PDF.Converters 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("TxtSampleEmailWithAttachment.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) #Region "Generate and save HTML" Dim oHtmlGenerator As New HtmlGenerator() oHtmlGenerator.Title = {code}quot;Subject: {msg.Subject}" oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;File Name: {msg.FileName}") oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;From: {from}") oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;Sent On: {(If(sentOn.HasValue, sentOn.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"), ""))}") oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;To: {recipientsTo}") oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;Subject: {msg.Subject}") If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientsCc) Then oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;CC: {recipientsCc}") End If If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientBcc) Then oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;BCC: {recipientBcc}") End If oHtmlGenerator.AddRawBodyItem("<hr/>") Dim msgBodySplitted = msg.BodyText.Split(vbLf.ToCharArray()) For Each itmBody In msgBodySplitted oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem(itmBody) Next ' Generate Html oHtmlGenerator.SaveHtml("result.html") #End Region Using Converter As HtmlToPdfConverter = New HtmlToPdfConverter() Converter.PageSize = PaperKind.A4 Converter.Orientation = Bytescout.PDF.Converters.PaperOrientation.Portrait Converter.ConvertHtmlToPdf("result.html", "result.pdf") ' Get attachments from message (if any, and append to document) If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then Using outputDocument As New Document("result.pdf") 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 ' Save output file outputDocument.Save("result.pdf") End Using End If ' Open output file Dim processStartInfo As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf") processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = True Process.Start(processStartInfo) 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 ''' <summary> ''' Html Generator class ''' </summary> Class HtmlGenerator #Region "Constructors and variable declarations" Public Sub New() Me.StrBodyItems = New List(Of String)() End Sub Public Property Title As String Private Property StrBodyItems As List(Of String) #End Region #Region "Methods" ''' <summary> ''' Add Body Item ''' </summary> Public Sub AddRawBodyItem(ByVal strBodyItem As String) StrBodyItems.Add(strBodyItem) End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Add Paragraph body item ''' </summary> Public Sub AddParagraphBodyItem(ByVal strText As String) StrBodyItems.Add(String.Format("<p style=''>{0}</p>", strText)) End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Gets generated HTML ''' </summary> Public Function GetHtml() As String Dim oRetHtml As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder(String.Empty) oRetHtml.Append("<html>") oRetHtml.Append("<head>") oRetHtml.AppendFormat("<title>{0}</title>", Title) oRetHtml.Append("<style>p { line-height: 107.9 %; margin-bottom: 13pt; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; }</style>") oRetHtml.Append("</head>") oRetHtml.Append("<body>") For Each itemBody In StrBodyItems oRetHtml.Append(itemBody) Next oRetHtml.Append("</body>") oRetHtml.Append("</html>") Return oRetHtml.ToString() End Function ''' <summary> ''' Save all HTML ''' </summary> Public Sub SaveHtml(ByVal fileName As String) Dim allHtml = GetHtml() System.IO.File.WriteAllText(fileName, allHtml) End Sub #End Region End Class 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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