Convert HTML Email to PDF - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Convert HTML Email to PDF’
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("HtmlSampleEmail.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"
' 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
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($"File Name: {msg.FileName}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString($"From: {from}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString($"Sent On: {(If(sentOn.HasValue, sentOn.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"), ""))}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString($"To: {recipientsTo}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientsCc) Then
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString($"CC: {recipientsCc}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
End If
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientBcc) Then
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString($"BCC: {recipientBcc}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
End If
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString($"Subject: {subject}", font, brush, 20, topMargin)
topMargin += 20
page.Canvas.DrawString("Message body 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
' Open 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