C#, formatting RTF into an Outlook e-mail

[RodneyAnonymous]

I need to be able to put the contents of a RichTextBox, including formatting and images, into a new Outlook e-mail. So far, the results I have are either that I lose all formatting and keep only the text, or get the text of all the RTF formatting - neither of which are acceptable.

The code I'm using is below:

Outlook.Application outlookApp = new Outlook.Application();
Outlook.MailItem email = (Outlook.MailItem)outlookApp.CreateItem(Microsoft. Office.Interop.Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
email.Body = rtfReader.Rtf;

email.BodyFormat = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFo rmatRichText;
email.Display(false);


Using third-party libraries is not an option, so I would appreciate it if using Redemption or otherwise are not suggested as solutions. I know they exist. I cannot use them.

What I need is a starting point for solving this problem. I am confident that I am capable of coding a solution, but I don't know where to begin or how to go about doing it. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. <3