how to convert dynamic html page to pdf at runtime

Question

User-669984938 posted

hi ,

      i have to convert html page(report which is dynamic in nature i.e. different for different user )  to pdf at runtime how can i do that .

Plz  help urgent....

Hemant Shrivastava

 

Answer 1

User-604260821 posted

please refer the book programmer to programmer

Professional Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2nd Edition

  David McAmiis (wrox) u will get every thing in it

 

Answer 2

User-669984938 posted

hi ,

     thanx for replaying but frnd my problem is different, i am already having aspx page(i.e. html page
) which is report is populating in which there r <td>,datagrid, repetor ,lables on which the data is populating dynamically say if u r viewing project histrory report of a perticular project u hav to select that project and then click view report so the data in that page is populated from database frm that i have to generate pdf not from crytal reports.

Thanks & Regards

Hemant Shrivastava.

 

Answer 3

User1147341638 posted

alt-soft.com has a product Xml2PDF. I am implementing it myself right now. Also will convert XSL-FO and SVG to PDF.

Ibex is also another product. Not sure if it will take XHTML

 

Also annetae software in japan has a product and a style sheet for xhtml to xsl-fo then you can use Apache FOP to get your PDF.

 

Travis Johnson

MCSD.Net

Answer 4

User-669984938 posted

hi travis ,

         wel i hav finded one way to get that trouble i got one freeware and i have moved up with that but stucked in another problem i dont k/w wether that supports the asp.net 2.0 or not , i m sending you link if u hav a bit time then plz chk that out, and my question in also on that regarding that particular product.

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/HTML2PDF.asp

 

my question regarding that is ->

i got that code on codeproject.com on htmldoc,i tried to implement that on my project in asp.net 2.0
its not generating pdf wht i hav done is ->
System.Diagnostics.Process pProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
                pProcess.StartInfo.FileName = @"D:\HtmlToPDF\HtmlToPDF\ghtmldoc.exe";
                pProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = @"--webpage --quiet --bodyfont Arial " + @" -t pdf14 -f D:\HtmlToPDF\HtmlToPDF\test1.pdf D:\HtmlToPDF\HtmlToPDF\test.html";
                pProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"D:\HtmlToPDF\HtmlToPDF\";
                pProcess.Start();
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the pProcess.start(),donst start while passing the arguments in both ways that r on ur article and one in the comments .if i comment that pProcess.StartInfo.Arguments  part then its opening the converter ,
and when i m passing the argument its just going through it without giving any exception the code is executed but not generating the pdf,
as i m using asp.net 2.0 so i dont hav iis on my system and i havnt configured that,
and i have given the all permission to the folder to everone user in which i have keept that ghtml and in which i m writing the pdf .
am i making some mistake in that code .

 can u help me in that.

Hemant Shrivastava

Answer 5

User1147341638 posted

Well I avoided products that were command line and only evaluated native .net products. I do not have any experience calling command line windows applications from .net.

Sorry I can't help

 

Travis

Answer 6

User-848302442 posted

Use this converter HTML to PDF. With help of this tools I've created many reports runtime in my asp.net app. It allows generate a pdf file as a file or a memory stream. So, it's able to show the pdf without saving it on the server.

At their website you can find helpful vb.net html to pdf samples:

        Dim html_st = "<b>Testing string</b><br /><em>with italic text.</em>"
        Dim file_pdf = "c:\new_report.pdf"

        Try
            Dim conv As New DuoDimension.HtmlToPdf()
            conv.OpenHTML(html_st)
            conv.SavePDF(file_pdf)
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(file_pdf)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        End Try