jmcleodfoss / msgreader

Java library for reading Microsoft Compound File Binary (CFB) Files, including Outlook msg files.

msgreader

Java library for reading Microsoft Compound File Binary (CFB) Files, including Outlook .msg files.

Contents:

• msg, the library for reading .msg files
• msgexplorer, a sample application for viewing a .msg file at any desired level of detail
• msg_example, a pair of simple applications for displaying basic information about a .msg file, and for saving attachments

Versions:

• 1.0.0 (2020-05-16) Initial version (all modules)
• 1.0.1 (2020-11-29) Release of msgexplorer only
• 1.0.2 (2021-12-07) Update to msg library, all modules updated (no substantial changes to code for msg_example or msgexplorer)

msgreader's Issues

mvn site fails for msgexplorer

Error is:

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] io.github.jmcleodfoss:msg-parent 1.0.2 ............. SUCCESS [ 23.533 s]
[INFO] io.github.jmcleodfoss:msg 1.0.2 .................... SUCCESS [ 19.246 s]
[INFO] io.github.jmcleodfoss:msgexplorer 1.0.2-SNAPSHOT ... FAILURE [ 14.915 s]
[INFO] io.github.jmcleodfoss:msg_example 1.0.2 ............ SKIPPED
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  57.863 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2021-05-07T05:00:39-04:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site (default-site) on project msgexplorer: Error during page generation: Error rendering Maven report:
[ERROR] Exit code: 1 - C:\Users\jwmcl\cygwin\work\outlook-files\msgreader\msgexplorer\src\main\java\io\github\jmcleodfoss\msgexplorer\module-info.java:2: error: module not found: javafx.base
[ERROR]         requires javafx.base;
[ERROR]                        ^
[ERROR] C:\Users\jwmcl\cygwin\work\outlook-files\msgreader\msgexplorer\src\main\java\io\github\jmcleodfoss\msgexplorer\module-info.java:3: error: module not found: javafx.controls
[ERROR]         requires javafx.controls;
[ERROR]                        ^
[ERROR] C:\Users\jwmcl\cygwin\work\outlook-files\msgreader\msgexplorer\src\main\java\io\github\jmcleodfoss\msgexplorer\module-info.java:5: error: module not found: io.github.jmcleodfoss.voluminou
spaginationskin
[ERROR]         requires io.github.jmcleodfoss.voluminouspaginationskin;
[ERROR]                                       ^
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Command line was: cmd.exe /X /C "C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jdk-14\bin\javadoc.exe @options @argfile"
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Refer to the generated Javadoc files in 'C:\Users\jwmcl\cygwin\work\outlook-files\msgreader\msgexplorer\target\site\apidocs' dir.
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
[ERROR]
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR]   mvn  -rf :msgexplorer

MsgExplorer throws exception when processing msi files

As described in a comment in Issue #2, the following exception is thrown when processing an MSI file (which is a Compound Binary File formatted file).

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.Directory.getChildren(Directory.java:115)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.NamedProperties.<init>(NamedProperties.java:50)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.MSG.<init>(MSG.java:57)

I assume this is because the (undocumented) MSI file does not include a Named Properties section - at least, the Named Properties Mapping Entry is null.

Unparseable date when opening a MSI file

Hi,

I'm trying to use msgreader to parse a Microsoft Installer file (.msi) which is also based on the Microsoft Compound File format and I got the following exception:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "January 1, 1601"
        at java.base/java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:395)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.DataType$Time.initBaseTime(DataType.java:395)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.DataType$Time.<clinit>(DataType.java:376)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.DataType.<clinit>(DataType.java:435)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.Header.<clinit>(Header.java:114)
        at io.github.jmcleodfoss.msg.MSG.<init>(MSG.java:52)

The file parsed is located here: https://github.com/ebourg/jsign/blob/3.1/jsign-core/src/test/resources/minimal.msi?raw=true