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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.

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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>