ExpertPDF HtmlToPdf Converter

The ExpertPDF HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET can be used as general purpose component for converting web pages and HTML scripts to PDF documents or it can be used to easily create PDF reports directly from ASP.NET pages.

Making Web content available as PDF is one way to facilitate the dissemination of content. In some industries, providing access to print-formatted documents, such as employee benefit descriptions, is mandatory.

Just printing the Webpage is not sufficient because the print format must include a table of contents with page number references.

To add such functionality to a Webpage, developers can convert the HTML content to PDF format; ExpertPDF has the features needed to achieve this.

NEW in v8.0.0:
- Performance improvements
- Bug fixes
- (Cumulative update)

Features added in previous versions:
1. Directly convert an URL to a PDF file
2. Convert an HTML string to PDF
3. Convert to PDF from a file saved on disk
4. Get the PDF byte stream
5. Set the text and appearance of the PDF header and footer
6. Set page number options
7. Set PDF compression level
8. Set PDF page type
9. Dynamically append an existing PDF file to the newly exported PDF file/stream
10. Show/hide headers/footers
11. Set page margins
12. Change page orientation (portrait, landscape)
13. Customize header (add images, change height, change fonts, colors)
14. Customize footer (change height, change fonts, colors)

C# code sample

PdfConverter pdfConverter = new PdfConverter();

pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfPageSize = PdfPageSize.A4;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfCompressionLevel = PdfCompressionLevel.Normal;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowHeader = true;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowFooter = true;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.LeftMargin = 5;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.RightMargin = 5;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.TopMargin = 5;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.BottomMargin = 5;
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.GenerateSelectablePdf = true;

pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowHeader = false;
//pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.HeaderText = "Sample header: " + TxtURL.Text;
//pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.HeaderTextColor = Color.Blue;
//pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.HeaderDescriptionText = string.Empty;
//pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.DrawHeaderLine = false;

pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.FooterText = "Sample footer: " + TxtURL.Text +
". You can change color, font and other options";
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.FooterTextColor = Color.Blue;
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.DrawFooterLine = false;
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.PageNumberText = "Page";
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.ShowPageNumber = true;

//pdfConverter.LicenseKey = "put your serial number here";
byte[] downloadBytes = pdfConverter.GetPdfFromUrlBytes(url);

System.Web.HttpResponse response = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response;
response.Clear();
response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "binary/octet-stream");
response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; filename=" + downloadName + "; size=" + downloadBytes.Length.ToString());
response.Flush();
response.BinaryWrite(downloadBytes);
response.Flush();
response.End();

VB.NET code sample
Dim pdfConverter As PdfConverter = New PdfConverter

pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfPageSize = PdfPageSize.A4
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfCompressionLevel = PdfCompressionLevel.Normal
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowHeader = true
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowFooter = true
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.LeftMargin = 5
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.RightMargin = 5
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.TopMargin = 5
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.BottomMargin = 5
pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.GenerateSelectablePdf = true

pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowHeader = false
'pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.HeaderText = "Sample header: " + TxtURL.Text;
'pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.HeaderTextColor = Color.Blue;
'pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.HeaderDescriptionText = string.Empty;
'pdfConverter.PdfHeaderOptions.DrawHeaderLine = false;

pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.FooterText = ("Sample footer: " _
+ (TxtURL.Text + ". You can change color, font and other options"))
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.FooterTextColor = Color.Blue
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.DrawFooterLine = false
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.PageNumberText = "Page"
pdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.ShowPageNumber = true

'pdfConverter.LicenseKey = "put your serial number here"
Dim downloadBytes() As Byte = pdfConverter.GetPdfFromUrlBytes(url)
Dim response As System.Web.HttpResponse = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response

response.Clear
response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "binary/octet-stream")
response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", ("attachment; filename=" _
+ (downloadName + ("; size=" + downloadBytes.Length.ToString))))
response.Flush
response.BinaryWrite(downloadBytes)
response.Flush
response.End