How to email a word document using C#, VB.NET
Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can email a Word document in C# and VB.NET.
Steps to email a Word document using C#:
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install Syncfusion.DocIO.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS; using Syncfusion.DocIO; using System.Net.Mail; using System.IO;
VB
Imports Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS Imports Syncfusion.DocIO Imports System.Net.Mail Imports System.IO
- Use the following code, enter your login details and recipient mail IDs to email a Word document.
C#
//Creates a new Word document instance for Word processing
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument())
{
//Opens the Word template document
document.Open("Template.docx", FormatType.Docx);
//Saves the HTML file as a string
MemoryStream docStream = new MemoryStream();
document.SaveOptions.HtmlExportOmitXmlDeclaration = true;
document.Save(docStream, FormatType.Html);
//Releases the resources occupied by the WordDocument instance
document.Dispose();
docStream.Position = 0;
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(docStream);
string mailBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
docStream.Dispose();
if (mailBody.StartsWith("<!DOCTYPE"))
mailBody = mailBody.Remove(0, 97);
//Update the required email ID here
//Creates and sends the email message
MailMessage emailMessage = new MailMessage("MailId@outlook.com", "RecipientMailId@outlook.com");
//Adds the subject for the email
emailMessage.Subject = "Your order #10295 has been shipped";
//Sets the HTML string as the email body
emailMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;
emailMessage.Body = mailBody;
//Sends the email with the prepared message
using (SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient())
{
//Update your SMTP server address here
client.Host = "smtp.outlook.com";
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
//Update your email credentials here
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("MailId@outlook.com", "password");
client.Port = 587;
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.Send(emailMessage);
}
}
VB
'Creates a new Word document instance for Word processing
Using document As WordDocument = New WordDocument
'Opens the Word template document
document.Open("Template.docx", FormatType.Docx)
'Saves the HTML file as a string
Dim docStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream
document.SaveOptions.HtmlExportOmitXmlDeclaration = True
document.Save(docStream, FormatType.Html)
'Releases the resources occupied by the WordDocument instance
document.Dispose()
docStream.Position = 0
Dim reader As StreamReader = New StreamReader(docStream)
Dim mailBody As String = reader.ReadToEnd
docStream.Dispose()
If mailBody.StartsWith("<!DOCTYPE") Then
mailBody = mailBody.Remove(0, 97)
End If
'Update the required email ID here
'Creates and sends the email message
Dim emailMessage As MailMessage = New MailMessage("MailId@outlook.com", "RecipientMailId@outlook.com")
'Adds the subject for the email
emailMessage.Subject = "Your order #10295 has been shipped"
'Sets the HTML string as the email body
emailMessage.IsBodyHtml = True
emailMessage.Body = mailBody
'Sends the email with the prepared message
Using client As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient
'Update your SMTP server address here
client.Host = "smtp.outlook.com"
client.UseDefaultCredentials = False
'Update your email credentials here
client.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("MailId@outlook.com", "password")
client.Port = 587
client.EnableSsl = True
client.Send(emailMessage)
End Using
End Using
A complete working example of email a Word document using C# can be downloaded from email a Word document.zip
By executing the program, you can email a Word document as follows.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic Word document processing options along with features like mail merge, merge and split documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly, PDF and image conversions with code examples.
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