Visual Studio 2005

Re: Convert current html page into PDF

DuoDimension — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:02:10 GMT

I advise PDF Duo .NET converting component (but it is not free).

It converts a html to a pdf.

But the component can be used as a creator. For that just pass a html string:

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page    
{   
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)   
    {   
        DuoDimension.HtmlToPdf conv = new DuoDimension.HtmlToPdf();   
        conv.BasePath = MapPath("~/");   
        conv.PageFormat = DuoDimension.ePageFormat.A4;   
        conv.PageOrientation = DuoDimension.ePageOrientation.Portrait;   
        conv.OpenHTML(@"   
                <table width='100%'>   
                  <tr>   
                    <td width='19%'><strong>Last update:</strong></td>   
                    <td width='81%'> 23 Jun 2009 - 01:22</td>   
                  </tr>   
                  ...   
                </table>   
        ");   
        conv.SavePDF(MapPath("~/pdf/") + "report.pdf");   
        preport.InnerText = "The report has been created.";   
    }   
}

How dinamicly convert/create pdf in ASP.NET web applications, see info on the component page.

We are open for any ideas regarding cooperation.

Re: Convert current html page into PDF

Balajie100 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:02:48 GMT

Hi..Pragasht

Iam having a very urgent requirement of converting a web page to pdf format... you have

mentioned that you are having a tool for converting and integrating with .net and gave a vb

code for that....Can you please give C# version of the code and the tool...Requirement is very

urgent and expecting your reply at the earliest..

Thanks & Regards

Balaji.S

Re: Convert current html page into PDF

Benson Yu - MSFT — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:51:25 GMT

Hi Pragash,

Thanks for sharing the solution. I believe many people will benefit from it.

Re: Convert current html page into PDF

pragasht — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:46:57 GMT

Thanks For Your reply Benson Yu

I found a free tool to make a pdf , though the task is to convert a html page into PDF, I got a free tool to make a new pdf in asp.net using

iTextSharp (http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=120461_ and its working now, where the pdf page is deigned in server side code.

Dim m As New MemoryStream()

Dim document As New Document(PageSize.A4.Rotate(), 10, 10, 10, 10)

Try

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"

PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, m)

document.Open()

PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, New FileStream("Chap0501.pdf", FileMode.Create))

' step 3: we open the document

document.Open()

Dim strBuilder As New StringBuilder

strBuilder.Append("GLASGOW - De Britse politie zoekt maandageen zesde verdachte in verband met de drieaanslagpogingen")

strBuilder.Append("in Londen en Glasgow van hetvoorbije weekend. Het terreuralarm in Groot-")

strBuilder.Append("Brittannië blijft intussen hoog. De Britse autoriteiten")

strBuilder.Append("zouden moeite hebben met het vaststellen van de identiteit van verdachten. Sky")

strBuilder.Append("News en verscheidene Britse kranten meldden")

strBuilder.Append("dat er bij de verdachten artsen zijn die in Britse")

strBuilder.Append("ziekenhuizen werken.")

Dim helvetica As BaseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont("Helvetica", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED)

Dim font As New Font(helvetica, 12, font.NORMAL)

Dim chunk As New Chunk(" this is an example dto dfgsdfg sdfg sdfg sdfg sd fg sdfg sdfg sdfg sd fg asdnkfklsdfg sdfg dfg sdfg fgjjhklcvbnxcvbnfg dfghfdgh", font)

document.Add(chunk)

document.Add(New Paragraph(strBuilder.ToString))Dim jpeg As Image = Image.GetInstance(New Uri("http://localhost:4548/TPGTest/j1.bmp"))

jpeg.Alignment = jpeg.Right

document.Add(jpeg)

Dim jpeg2 As Image = Image.GetInstance(New Uri("http://localhost:4548/TPGTest/j2.bmp"))

jpeg2.Alignment = jpeg2.Left

document.Add(jpeg2)

Dim strBuilder2 As New StringBuilder

strBuilder2.Append("De Britse politie zou de verdachten van de aanslag op de luchthaven")

strBuilder2.Append("van Glasgow al op het spoor geweest zijn vlak voordat zij")

strBuilder2.Append("zaterdag hun mislukte aanslag pleegden. Dit heeft de woordvoerder")

strBuilder2.Append("van een particulier woningverhuurbedrijf, Let-In, in Glasgow")

strBuilder2.Append("maandag gezegd. Een of meerdere verdachten verbleven in een woning van Let-In.")

document.Add(New Paragraph(strBuilder2.ToString))document.Add(New Paragraph("Yet another test"))

'Dim helvetica As BaseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont("Helvetica", BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED)

'Dim font As New Font(helvetica, 22, font.NORMAL)

'Dim chunk As New Chunk(" this is an example dto dfgsdfg sdfg sdfg sdfg sd fg sdfg sdfg sdfg sd fg asdnkfklsdfg sdfg dfg sdfg fgjjhklcvbnxcvbnfg dfghfdgh", font)

'document.Add(chunk)

Catch ex As DocumentException

Console.[Error].WriteLine(ex.StackTrace)

Console.[Error].WriteLine(ex.Message)

End Try

' step 5: Close document

document.Close()

' step 6: Write pdf bytes to outputstream

Response.OutputStream.Write(m.GetBuffer(), 0, m.GetBuffer().Length)

Response.OutputStream.Flush()

Response.OutputStream.Close()

Re: Convert current html page into PDF

Benson Yu - MSFT — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:07:06 GMT

Hi Pragash,

Seems there is no free component for this feature. However, Most of them have the Trial Version for download. Please check the link below:

http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?q=html+pdf+convert+free&form=QBRE

Anyway, please refer to the following links. From their shared solutions, I hope you can decide which one is acceptable to you.

Pdfizer, a dumb HTML to PDF converter, in C#
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/pdfizer.asp

PDF Library for creating PDF with tables and text, in C#
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/PdfLibrary.asp

Generate PDF documents from a HTML page using ASP.NET
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/HTML2PDF.asp

Convert current html page into PDF

pragasht — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:54:16 GMT

When a user clicks a button in a page

that page has to be rendered as PDF file, where as any freeware or free component available to do that