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How to convert text email to pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF Suite

This code in VB.NET shows how to convert text email to pdf with pdf sdk with this how to tutorial

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It 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. It can help you to convert text email to pdf with pdf sdk in your VB.NET application.

The following code snippet for ByteScout PDF Suite works best when you need to quickly convert text email to pdf with pdf sdk in your VB.NET application. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Applying VB.NET application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports Bytescout.PDF
Imports Bytescout.PDF.Converters

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        Try

            Console.WriteLine("Please wait while PDF is being created...")

            ' Parse MessageContents using MsgReader Library
            ' MsgReader library can be obtained from: https://github.com/Sicos1977/MSGReader
            Using msg = New MsgReader.Outlook.Storage.Message("TxtSampleEmail.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)


                Dim oHtmlGenerator As HtmlGenerator = 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

                oHtmlGenerator.SaveHtml("result.html")

                Using converter As HtmlToPdfConverter = New HtmlToPdfConverter()
                    converter.PageSize = PaperKind.A4
                    converter.Orientation = Bytescout.PDF.Converters.PaperOrientation.Portrait
                    converter.ConvertHtmlToPdf("result.html", "result.pdf")

                    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>