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How to convert text email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in C# with ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to convert text email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in C#

This sample source code below will display you how to convert text email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in C#. ByteScout PDF Suite is the set that includes 6 SDK products to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript and you can use it to convert text email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do convert text email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in C#.

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Program.cs

      using Bytescout.PDF;
using Bytescout.PDF.Converters;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace EmailToPDF_TextEmailWithAttachments
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                // Parse MessageContents using MsgReader Library
                // MsgReader library can be obtained from: https://github.com/Sicos1977/MSGReader
                using (var msg = new MsgReader.Outlook.Storage.Message("TxtSampleEmailWithAttachment.msg"))
                {
                    // Get Sender information
                    var from = msg.GetEmailSender(false, false);

                    // Message sent datetime
                    var sentOn = msg.SentOn;

                    // Recipient To information
                    var recipientsTo = msg.GetEmailRecipients(MsgReader.Outlook.RecipientType.To, false, false);

                    // Recipient CC information
                    var recipientsCc = msg.GetEmailRecipients(MsgReader.Outlook.RecipientType.Cc, false, false);

                    #region Generate and save html

                    // Get Html
                    HtmlGenerator oHtmlGenerator = 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: {(sentOn.HasValue ? sentOn.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm") : "")}");
                    oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;To: {recipientsTo}");
                    oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;Subject: {msg.Subject}");

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientsCc))
                    {
                        oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem({code}quot;CC: {recipientsCc}");
                    }

                    oHtmlGenerator.AddRawBodyItem("<hr/>");

                    var msgBodySplitted = msg.BodyText.Split("\n".ToCharArray());

                    foreach (var itmBody in msgBodySplitted)
                    {
                        oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem(itmBody);
                    }

                    // Generate Html
                    oHtmlGenerator.SaveHtml("result.html");

                    #endregion

                    using (HtmlToPdfConverter converter = 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)
                        {
                            using (Document outputDocument = new Document("result.pdf"))
                            {
                                foreach (MsgReader.Outlook.Storage.Attachment itmAttachment in msg.Attachments)
                                {
                                    // Get Memory Stream
                                    MemoryStream attachmentMemoryStream = new MemoryStream(itmAttachment.Data);

                                    // Append Attachment
                                    Document docAttachment = new Document(attachmentMemoryStream);

                                    // Append all pages to main PDF
                                    foreach (Page item in docAttachment.Pages)
                                    {
                                        outputDocument.Pages.Add(item);
                                    }
                                }
                                outputDocument.Save("result.pdf");
                            }
                        }

                        // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
                        ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
                        processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
                        Process.Start(processStartInfo);
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to exit...");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }



    /// <summary>
    /// Html Generator class
    /// </summary>
    class HtmlGenerator
    {
        #region Constructor

        public HtmlGenerator()
        {
            this.StrBodyItems = new List<string>();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Variable Declarations

        public string Title { get; set; }
        private List<string> StrBodyItems { get; set; }

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Add Body Item
        /// </summary>
        public void AddRawBodyItem(string strBodyItem)
        {
            StrBodyItems.Add(strBodyItem);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Add Paragraph body item
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="strText"></param>
        public void AddParagraphBodyItem(string strText)
        {
            StrBodyItems.Add(string.Format("<p style=''>{0}</p>", strText));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets Generated Html
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string GetHtml()
        {
            StringBuilder oRetHtml = 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>");
            foreach (var itemBody in StrBodyItems)
            {
                oRetHtml.Append(itemBody);
            }
            oRetHtml.Append("</body>");

            oRetHtml.Append("</html>");

            return oRetHtml.ToString();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Save all Html
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        public void SaveHtml(string fileName)
        {
            var allHtml = GetHtml();
            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(fileName, allHtml);
        }

        #endregion

    }

}

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packages.config

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="MsgReader" version="3.4.0" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="OpenMcdf" version="2.2.1.3" targetFramework="net45" />
</packages>