# Convert emails (MSG/EML) to PDF in C#

This article explains how to convert email files such as MSG and EML to PDF.

Nutrient.NET SDK’s (formerly GdPicture.NET) conversion from email files to PDFs offers the following benefits:

- Conversion from EML and MSG files to PDF without external libraries or dependencies such as Microsoft Office interop.

- Support for embedding email attachments into the output PDF or PDF/A document as PDF attachment annotations.

- Outstanding Unicode support.

- Support for documents with mixed encoding and mixed right-to-left (RTL) and left-to-right (LTR) text.

This guide uses MSG files as an example. The process is the same for EML files.

## Creating a PDF from an email file

To create a PDF from an MSG file, follow the steps below:

1. Create a `GdPictureDocumentConverter` object.

2. Load the source document by passing its path to the `LoadFromFile` method. Recommended: Specify the source document format with a member of the `DocumentFormat` enumeration.

3. Save the output in a new PDF document with the `SaveAsPDF` method.

The example below creates a PDF document from an MSG file:

### C#

```csharp

using GdPictureDocumentConverter gdpictureDocumentConverter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();
// Load the source document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.LoadFromFile(@"C:\temp\source.msg", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatMSG);
// Save the output in a new PDF document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.SaveAsPDF(@"C:\temp\output.pdf");

```

### VB.NET

```vb

Using gdpictureDocumentConverter As GdPictureDocumentConverter = New GdPictureDocumentConverter()
    ' Load the source document.
    gdpictureDocumentConverter.LoadFromFile("C:\temp\source.msg", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatMSG)
    ' Save the output in a new PDF document.
    gdpictureDocumentConverter.SaveAsPDF("C:\temp\output.pdf")
End Using

```

#### Used methods

- [`DocumentFormat`](/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.html)

- [`LoadFromFile`](/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~LoadFromFile.html)

- [`SaveAsPDF`](/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~SaveAsPDF.html)

#### Related topics

- [Load a file](/guides/dotnet/load-a-file.md)

- [Save a file](/guides/dotnet/save-a-file.md)

Email attachments are automatically added to the output document as PDF attachment annotations.

To convert an email file to PDF/A for long-term preservation, specify the conformance level of the output PDF/A document by passing a member of the `PdfConformance` enumeration to the `SaveAsPDF` method.

## Optional configuration properties

Optionally, configure the conversion with the following properties of the `GdPictureDocumentConverter` object:

- [`EmailCustomJavaScript`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailCustomJavaScript.html)

- [`EmailPageHeight`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPageHeight.html)

- [`EmailPageMarginBottom`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPageMarginBottom.html)

- [`EmailPageMarginLeft`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPageMarginLeft.html)

- [`EmailPageMarginRight`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPageMarginRight.html)

- [`EmailPageMarginTop`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPageMarginTop.html)

- [`EmailPageWidth`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPageWidth.html)

- [`EmailPreferOnePage`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EmailPreferOnePage.html)

- [`EnableICC`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~EnableICC.html)

- [`PdfEnableLinearization`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~PdfEnableLinearization.html) is a Boolean value that specifies whether to linearize the output PDF to enable Fast Web View mode.

The example below creates a PDF document from an MSG file with a custom configuration:

### C#

```csharp

using GdPictureDocumentConverter gdpictureDocumentConverter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();
// Load the source document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.LoadFromFile(@"C:\temp\source.msg", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatMSG);
// Configure the conversion.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.EmailPreferOnePage = true;
// Save the output in a new PDF document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.SaveAsPDF(@"C:\temp\output.pdf");

```

### VB.NET

```vb

Using gdpictureDocumentConverter As GdPictureDocumentConverter = New GdPictureDocumentConverter()
    ' Load the source document.
    gdpictureDocumentConverter.LoadFromFile("C:\temp\source.msg", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatMSG);
    ' Configure the conversion.
    gdpictureDocumentConverter.EmailPreferOnePage = True
    ' Save the output in a new PDF document.
    gdpictureDocumentConverter.SaveAsPDF("C:\temp\output.pdf")
End Using

```

#### Used Methods and Properties

- [`LoadFromFile`](/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~LoadFromFile.html)

- [`EmailPreferOnePage`]

- [`SaveAsPDF`](/api/gdpicture/GdPicture.NET.14.API~GdPicture14.GdPictureDocumentConverter~SaveAsPDF.html)

#### Related Topics

- [Load a File](/guides/dotnet/load-a-file.md)

- [Save a File](/guides/dotnet/save-a-file.md)
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