C++ API for MS Outlook Email Processing

Getting Started with Aspose.Email for C++

The recommend way to install Aspose.Email for C++ is using NuGet. Please use the following command for a smooth installation.

NuGet\Install-Package Aspose.Email.Cpp -Version 23.1.0 

Generate Email Messages via C++ API

Aspose.Email for C++ has included complete functionality for email message creation as well as sending it to different recipients inside C++ applications. The library supports all basic email properties like From, To, Subject and body for the newly created mail message. There are other important features also part of the library, such as associate a friendly name with an email address, add attachments, embed other objects, extracting contents from the MIME messages, and many more. The library supports creating and sending email messages in Outlook MSG, MHT, EML, EMLX and many mother file formats.

// The path to the File directory.
System::String dataDir = RunExamples::GetDataDir_Email();
    
// Create a new instance of MailMessage class
System::SharedPtr message = System::MakeObject();
    
// Set subject of the message, Html body and sender information
message->set_Subject(L"New message created by Aspose.Email for C++");
message->set_HtmlBody(System::String(L"This line is in bold. 
 
") + L"This line is in blue color");
message->set_From(System::MakeObject(L"from@domain.com", L"Sender Name", false));
    
// Add TO recipients and Add CC recipients
message->get_To()->Add(System::MakeObject(L"to1@domain.com", L"Recipient 1", false));
message->get_To()->Add(System::MakeObject(L"to2@domain.com", L"Recipient 2", false));
message->get_CC()->Add(System::MakeObject(L"cc1@domain.com", L"Recipient 3", false));
message->get_CC()->Add(System::MakeObject(L"cc2@domain.com", L"Recipient 4", false));
    
// Save message in EML, EMLX, MSG and MHTML formats
message->Save(dataDir + L"CreateNewMailMessage_out.eml", SaveOptions::get_DefaultEml());
message->Save(dataDir + L"CreateNewMailMessage_out.emlx", SaveOptions::CreateSaveOptions(MailMessageSaveType::get_EmlxFormat()));
message->Save(dataDir + L"CreateNewMailMessage_out.msg", SaveOptions::get_DefaultMsgUnicode());
message->Save(dataDir + L"CreateNewMailMessage_out.mhtml", SaveOptions::get_DefaultMhtml());

Convert Email Messages Format via C++ API

Aspose.Email for C++ enables software developers to load email messages of different format like EML, HTML, MHTML, MSG and Data etc. You can also load email messages with custom options and save it in various other file formats. The library has provided several functions for loading email messages from a disk and saves them back in other formats, such as saving email to EML format, saving EML to MSG saving as EML preserving TNEF attachments, EML to HTML and MHTML conversion, exporting email message to MHT and so on.

            // Create and initialize an instance of the Appointment class
            Appointment appointment = new Appointment(
                "Meeting Room 3 at Office Headquarters",// Location
                "Monthly Meeting",                      // Summary
                "Please confirm your availability.",    // Description
                new DateTime(2015, 2, 8, 13, 0, 0),     // Start date
                new DateTime(2015, 2, 8, 14, 0, 0),     // End date
                "from@domain.com",                      // Organizer
                "attendees@domain.com");                // Attendees

            // Save the appointment to disk in ICS format
            appointment.Save(dstEmail, AppointmentSaveFormat.Ics);
            Console.WriteLine("Appointment created and saved to disk successfully.");

Manage Email Attachments & Embeded Objects via C++ API

An Email attachment is a very useful and an easy way of sharing files, photos, videos and other computer generated file via email. Aspose.Email for C++ has included complete functionality for sending additional files as attachment with email messages. Please remember that the library allows sending any number of attachments but the size of the attachment is limited by the mail server. There are numerous features supported by the library for handling attachments, such as add attachments, removing attachments, display attachment file name, extract email attachment, read attachment’s Content-Description and so on. Same like attachment it is also possible to embed objects inside an email message using Aspose.Email library.

// The path to the File directory.
System::String dataDir = RunExamples::GetDataDir_Email();
    
// Create an instance of MailMessage class
System::SharedPtr message = System::MakeObject();
message->set_From(L"sender@sender.com");
    
message->get_To()->Add(L"receiver@gmail.com");
    
// Load an attachment
System::SharedPtr attachment = System::MakeObject(dataDir + L"1.txt");
    
// Add Multiple Attachment in instance of MailMessage class and Save message to disk
message->get_Attachments()->Add(attachment);
message->AddAttachment(System::MakeObject(dataDir + L"1.jpg"));
message->AddAttachment(System::MakeObject(dataDir + L"1.doc"));
message->AddAttachment(System::MakeObject(dataDir + L"1.rar"));
message->AddAttachment(System::MakeObject(dataDir + L"1.pdf"));
message->Save(dataDir + L"outputAttachments_out.msg", SaveOptions::get_DefaultMsgUnicode());

Working with Outlook Calendar Items via C++ API

Aspose.Email for C++ has provided complete functionality for working with email messages as well as other Outlook elements, including the calendar items. It enables developers to programmatically create, read, modify, and save Outlook Calendar items in ICS format. The library also supports working with MapiCalendar and allows users to save the calendar item as MSG file format. There are numerous features part of the library, such as adding display reminder to a calendar, setting audio reminder to a calendar, adding and retrieving attachments from calendar files, checking status of recipients from a meeting request, setting a reminder by adding tags and many more.

// The path to the File directory.
System::String dataDir = RunExamples::GetDataDir_Outlook();
    
// Create the appointment
System::SharedPtr calendar = System::MakeObject(L"LAKE ARGYLE WA 6743", L"Appointment", L"This is a very important meeting :)", System::DateTime(2012, 10, 2, 13, 0, 0), System::DateTime(2012, 10, 2, 14, 0, 0));
    
calendar->Save(dataDir + L"CalendarItem_out.ics", Aspose::Email::Mail::AppointmentSaveFormat::Ics);