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How to convert html email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Premium Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to convert html email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand guide on how to convert html email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET with this source code sample. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can convert html email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET.

This prolific sample source code in VB.NET for ByteScout Premium Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to convert html email with attachments to pdf with pdf sdk. Simply copy and paste in your VB.NET project or application you and then run your app! Use of ByteScout Premium Suite in VB.NET is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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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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