what is the best sollution for generate PDF files from an ASP.NET 2.0 page?

Question

User2080717336 posted

Greetings

 I need the help of the community. Well, I this the title says it all :)

 

On my ASP.NET application I need to generate some PDF files, with different layouts. What is, in your oppinion, a good "PDF-maker" sollution for generate PDF files from ASP.NET? I need some tips :)

TIA

 

Almeida
 

Answer 1

User-503940700 posted

Hi Almeida,

This might help:

http://geekswithblogs.net/vivek/archive/2006/09/26/92316.aspx

Regards,

Vivek

Answer 2

User1935883884 posted

I have had good luck with nFOP, a J# port fo the JAVA (Apache) FOP:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfop/ 

Example:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/nfop.asp 

Of course you will need to learn how to write a proper transform to create an FO document. Its seems complicated at first but once you have the basic tags down its really easy and powerful for formatting PDFs.

 XSL-FO reference:
http://www.w3schools.com/xslfo/xslfo_reference.asp

Java FOP:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/faq.html

 

Answer 3

User942311321 posted

Open-Source PDF generator. Check it out:

Documentation

Download 

Answer 4

User1696511887 posted

I'm just checking out the PDF generator now.  Is there a way to set the text color for a table cell?

Answer 5

User-837152306 posted

Have a look at this example, they color the cells and set the text white:

http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/examples/Chap1011.cs

 

Answer 6

User-834588198 posted

I think the  iText is one of the best solution for pdf printing.

u could download the free version from

http://www.ujihara.jp/iTextdotNET/en/index.html 

It has good amount of online documentation also 

Answer 7

User-1037184998 posted

Can you guys please help me regarding the generation of PDF file using c#.

some how i was succeeded in generating the pdf file,
but the problem is when i try to apply the code 39 font to some content in PDF, it's not applying.

why i don't know. i installed that font in the windows\font.

 

please help me out,.

thanks

Praveen, 

Answer 8

User-837152306 posted

How did you apply your font to the text?

This is VB code, but should explain the basics:

Dim oFontCalibri As BaseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont("C:\Windows\Fonts\calibri.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED)
Dim font As New Font(oFontCalibri, 9)
Dim phrase As New Phrase("Your Text", Font)

Basically change the file name to the font that you want to apply.

That's it.

Answer 9

User-1037184998 posted

thanks for your reply. 

i am c# developer. i don't know VB.

i am using the code from Code Project.

FontDict free3of9 = new FontDict();
free3of9.CreateFontDict("T1", "Free 3 of 9");
page.AddResource(free3of9, content.objectNum);
file.Write(free3of9.GetFontDict(file.Length, out size), 0, size);

this is what he is using the code.

textAndtable.AddRow(false, 13, "T1", align, "1234568", "Praveen");

so, T1 is reference to Free 3 of 9 font.

Any font other than this font is coming fine. But barcode font is not coming.

please help me out.

 

thanks

-Praveen.
 

 

Answer 10

User-1987227794 posted

Hi,

 i used the itext and is working fine in case of a static text , but is there any way to convert a excel file into pdf format.

pls reply

 

Answer 11

User-1205449451 posted

Is the iText Sharp 4.0.8 dll free of cost

Answer 12

User-1987227794 posted
yeah itext is all free of cost. you can easily download and use. it also provides a good documentation in the site. 

Answer 13

User-1205449451 posted

Thanks. We are going to deliver with the iText Sharp 4.0.8 dll,so will the dll act as a trial version or will the dll expire after 30days.

Answer 14

User-1987227794 posted

it's completely free of cost and will not expire after 30 days

Answer 15

User797498101 posted

Hi Marnee,

Can you please tell me where can i get latest ApacheFop.Net.dll for ASP.Net 2.0 ?

Thanks in Advance for your help.

Regards,Singh

 

Answer 16

User1496227624 posted

 Almeida,

 

I agree with the folks on itext being a good viable solution if you are looking for some basic PDF creation.

What I found as the issue with iText is that most of the samples floating around are Java samples and the .NET side has been neglected.

I finally switched to a professional pdf component library called PDFTechLib by http://www.pdf-technologies.com and it has surprised me at every turn.

Goof support, good samples. Check it out.

Later!

Orhan

Answer 17

User-457597647 posted

What about ABCpdf .NET by webSupergoo? I'd like to mention this because it has been designed for use in IIS web server environments and ASP.NET.

There's a live demonstration on their website (www.websupergoo.com), which is included as an example website project and is freely adaptable.

Answer 18

User1131953288 posted

I use PDF-Writer.NET component by dbAutoTrack. It provide developers with an easy-to-use tool for creating standard PDF file from .NET Framework Applications - WinForm, ASP.NET, Silverlight & WPF applications. 

You can also get 100% source code of this project.

Product provides excellent documentation with over 46 implementation sample

They have excellent Support Team. You can get this component for USD 89 with FREE upgrades.

It support advance features like Digitially Signed PDF, Encryption, AcroForm Framework, Barcodes Framework, Layers & SubLayers, Tiling & Shading, Javacript, Font embedding and Sub-Setting, TTF Fonts, TTC Fonts, CJK Fonts