VB.Net Read .msg file

By: Rajesh P.S.

To read an MSG file in VB.NET, you can use the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook assembly. This assembly provides a set of classes that can be used to interact with Microsoft Outlook.

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

To read an MSG file using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook assembly, you must first create an instance of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application class. Once you have created an instance of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application class, you can call the CreateItemFromTemplate method to create a new Outlook mail item from the MSG file.

The following code shows how to read an MSG file using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook assembly:

Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Public Class Example Public Sub Main() ' Create an instance of the Outlook application class. Dim outlookApp As New Outlook.Application() ' Create a new Outlook mail item from the MSG file. Dim mailItem As Outlook.MailItem = outlookApp.CreateItemFromTemplate("C:\path\to\msg\file.msg") ' Read the properties of the mail item. Dim subject As String = mailItem.Subject Dim body As String = mailItem.Body ' Close the mail item. mailItem.Close(Outlook.OlSaveMode.olDoNotSave) ' Release the Outlook application object. outlookApp.Quit() End Sub End Class

This code will read the subject and body of the MSG file and display them to the console.

You can also use the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook assembly to read other properties of the MSG file, such as the sender, recipients, attachments, and so on.

Here are some other examples of how to read an MSG file in VB.NET:

Read the sender of the MSG file:

Dim sender As String = mailItem.Sender.EmailAddress

Read the recipients of the MSG file:

For Each recipient In mailItem.Recipients Dim recipientEmailAddress As String = recipient.EmailAddress Next

Read the attachments of the MSG file:

For Each attachment In mailItem.Attachments Dim attachmentFileName As String = attachment.FileName Next

MSG file

An MSG file is a Microsoft Outlook message file. It is a single file that contains all of the information for a single email message, including the sender, recipients, subject, body, and attachments. MSG files can be created by exporting email messages from Outlook, or by saving email messages to disk.

Conclusion

By using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook assembly, you can read all of the properties of an MSG file and use them in your application.

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