Convert Text Email to PDF - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Convert Text Email to PDF’
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 = $"Subject: {msg.Subject}"
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"File Name: {msg.FileName}")
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"From: {from}")
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"Sent On: {(If(sentOn.HasValue, sentOn.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"), ""))}")
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"To: {recipientsTo}")
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"Subject: {msg.Subject}")
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientsCc) Then
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"CC: {recipientsCc}")
End If
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipientBcc) Then
oHtmlGenerator.AddParagraphBodyItem($"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