how can i save my aspx page onto pdf on a button click event

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i want to save my page in a pdf file how can i do it

Posted 20-Aug-12 21:46pm

Pradeep_kaushik

Updated 22-Mar-17 0:02am

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Solution 4

hii,
read this articles hope will help you

[Pdf Converter^]

Programmatically Convert Documents to PDFs the Easy Way[^]

http://www.developerfusion.com/code/4266/how-to-create-pdf-files-from-aspnet-pages/[^]

Posted 20-Aug-12 22:27pm

Ganesh Nikam

Solution 3

Try the url
http://csharp-source.net/open-source/pdf-libraries[^]

Moreover to save your time, there is already an article with source is provided in codeproject,

Tutorials on creating PDF files using C# 2.0[^]

chhers

Posted 20-Aug-12 22:10pm

Sandip.Nascar

Updated 21-Aug-12 11:38am

v2

Solution 2

You need to use iTextSharp.dll which easily converts your page to pdf.
See some code here..
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t63572-convert-an-aspx-page-to-a-pdf-file-with-asp-net-c.html[^]
also see it..
Creating PDF Documents in ASP.NET[^]

Posted 20-Aug-12 22:01pm

ridoy

Solution 5

Instructions
1
Open a C# editor.

2
Create a C# file and add the following code.

3
Use a name space to call the iTextSharp library:

C#

using iTextSharp.text;

using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

4
Call an inbuilt class in iTextSharp and set the StringBuilder to empty:

C#

Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 80, 50, 30, 65);

StringBuilder strData = new StringBuilder(string.Empty);

5
Add a Path for the Aspx to be generated from GridView content:

C#

string strASPXpath = Server.MapPath("MyASPX.aspx");

6
Set the path for the PDF file to build:

C#

string strPDFpath = Server.MapPath("MyPDF.pdf");

7
Call the data from the HTML file and render the file:

C#

StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();

sw.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);

sw.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);

sw.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);

sw.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);

HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);

gvSerchResult.AllowPaging = false;

gvSerchResult.AllowSorting = false;

BindGridView();

gvSerchResult.RenderControl(htw);

StreamWriter strWriter = new StreamWriter(strASPXpath, false, Encoding.UTF8);

strWriter.Write("<html><head></head><body>" + htw.InnerWriter.ToString() + "</body></html>");

strWriter.Close();

strWriter.Dispose();

8
Use the parser to convert the ASPX content to a PDF:

iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.

C#

StyleSheet styles = new iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.StyleSheet();

styles.LoadTagStyle("ol", "leading", "16,0");

PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(strPDFpath, FileMode.Create));

document.Open();

9
Set the font styles for the elements on page and add the page items:

C#

ArrayList objects;

styles.LoadTagStyle("li", "face", "garamond");

styles.LoadTagStyle("span", "size", "8px");

styles.LoadTagStyle("body", "font-family", "times new roman");

styles.LoadTagStyle("body", "font-size", "12px");

document.NewPage();

objects = iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.

HTMLWorker.ParseToList(new StreamReader(strASPXpath, Encoding.Default), styles);

for (int k = 0; k < objects.Count; k++)

{

document.Add((IElement)objects[k]);

}

10
Clear all the variables used from memory and close:

C#

{

document.Close();

Response.Write(Server.MapPath("~/" + strPDFpath));

Response.ClearContent();

Response.ClearHeaders();

Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + strPDFpath);

Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

Response.WriteFile(Server.MapPath("~/" + strPDFpath));

Response.Flush();

Response.Close();

if (File.Exists(Server.MapPath("~/" + strPDFpath)))

{

File.Delete(Server.MapPath("~/" + strPDFpath));

}

}

11
Run the C# file to create the PDF file from the ASPX file.

Posted 20-Aug-12 22:34pm

prashant patil 4987

Updated 21-Aug-12 11:41am

v2

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[no name] 21-Aug-12 11:57am

Step 0: Download and install iTextSharp from where ever it is that you get it from....

Solution 6

Hey hii,
Use below code

C#

protected void lbtn_PDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{ 
   Uri strurl = Request.Url; 
   string url = strurl.ToString(); 
   string text = GetPageText(url); 
   string filepath = Server.MapPath("test.html"); 
   StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filepath); 
   writer.Write(text); 
   writer.Close(); 
   htmltopdf(text); 
} 

public string GetPageText(string url) 
{ 
   string htmlText = string.Empty; 
   string FILE_NAME = Server.MapPath("test.xml"); 
   try 
   { 
      HttpWebRequest requestIP = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url); 
      CookieContainer cc = new CookieContainer(); 
      requestIP.CookieContainer = cc; 
      requestIP.Timeout = 100000; 
      using (HttpWebResponse responseIP = (HttpWebResponse)requestIP.GetResponse()) 
      { 
         using (Stream streamIP = responseIP.GetResponseStream()) 
         { 
            using (StreamReader readerText = new StreamReader(streamIP)) 
            { 
               htmlText = readerText.ReadToEnd(); 
               string text = htmlText; 
               StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(FILE_NAME); 
               writer.Write(text); 
               writer.Close(); 
            } 
         } 
      } 
   } 
   return htmlText; 
} 

public void htmltopdf(string strHtml) 
{ 
   Document doc = new Document(); 
   StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); 
   StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString()); 
   HTMLWorker HTMLParser = new HTMLWorker(doc); 
   PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream(Server.MapPath("test.pdf"), System.IO.FileMode.Create)); 
   HTMLParser.Parse(sr); 
   if (File.Exists(Server.MapPath("test.htm"))) 
      File.Delete(Server.MapPath("test.htm")); 
   if (File.Exists(Server.MapPath("test.xml"))) 
      File.Delete(Server.MapPath("test.xml")); 
}

Posted 20-Aug-12 22:40pm

prashant patil 4987

Updated 21-Aug-12 8:22am

v3

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[no name] 21-Aug-12 14:24pm

And PdfWriter is what exactly?

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Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20T22:49:00

The only way to do this; would be for a user, to have a third-party application that lets them print to a PDF file.

Most versions of Adobe will install such a "printer", and there are a number of other products like PDF Complete that work well.

Have a look on similar answer: Convert aspx page to PDF[^]

..and more similar threads on CP[^]

Manas Bhardwaj · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20T21:52:00

Solution 1

.Net does not have a inbuilt PDF support. You need to use a third party component for this. Check out Google[^], there are lot of free/paid components available.

Posted 20-Aug-12 21:52pm

Manas Bhardwaj

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Pradeep_kaushik 21-Aug-12 3:53am

ok thank u