Convert HTML Email to PDF - C#
PDF SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Convert HTML Email to PDF’
Program.cs
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.PDF;
using Bytescout.PDF.Converters;
using Font = Bytescout.PDF.Font;
using SolidBrush = Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush;
namespace EmailToPDF_HTMLEmail
{
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("HtmlSampleEmail.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);
// Message subject
var subject = msg.Subject;
// Get Message Body
var msgBody = msg.BodyHtml;
// Prepare PDF docuemnt
using (Document outputDocument = new Document())
{
// Add registration keys
outputDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
outputDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
// If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below and comment the Add page section instead
// pdfDocument.Load(@".\existing_document.pdf");
// Add page
Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
outputDocument.Pages.Add(page);
// Add sample content
Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 12);
Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
// Add Email contents
int topMargin = 20;
page.Canvas.DrawString($"File Name: {msg.FileName}", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
page.Canvas.DrawString($"From: {from}", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
page.Canvas.DrawString($"Sent On: {(sentOn.HasValue ? sentOn.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm") : "")}", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
page.Canvas.DrawString($"To: {recipientsTo}", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientsCc))
{
page.Canvas.DrawString($"CC: {recipientsCc}", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
}
page.Canvas.DrawString($"Subject: {subject}", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
page.Canvas.DrawString("Message body in next page.", font, brush, 20, (topMargin += 20));
// Convert Html body to PDF in order to retain all formatting.
using (HtmlToPdfConverter converter = new HtmlToPdfConverter())
{
converter.PageSize = PaperKind.A4;
converter.Orientation = Bytescout.PDF.Converters.PaperOrientation.Portrait;
// Convert input HTML to stream
byte[] byteArrayBody = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(msgBody);
MemoryStream inputStream = new MemoryStream(byteArrayBody);
// Create output stream to store generated PDF file
using (var outputStream = new MemoryStream())
{
// Convert HTML to PDF
converter.ConvertHtmlToPdf(inputStream, outputStream);
// Create new document from generated output stream
Document docContent = new Document(outputStream);
// Append all pages to main PDF
foreach (Page item in docContent.Pages)
{
outputDocument.Pages.Add(item);
}
// Save output file
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();
}
}
}
}