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c#asp.netpdfitext
sazr
sazr

Reputation: 25928

Dynamically creating .pdfs under the ITextSharp Free Licence

In a ASP.NET C# website/server I am using the .pdf creater library called ITextSharp to create .pdfs with text & some images about a product.

As usual the boss doesn't want to purchase a licence. I know that if I use ITextSharp versions 4.1.6 or lower I can use the library under the free licence(cant I?)

My Question: Will the older versions(4.1.6-)/free versions meet my needs of generating a pdf with an image at the top, text content in the middle(some paragraphs) and an image at the bottom? Will I find some API functions not available to myself because I have the older versions?

Would you suggest I go to another open source ASP.NET C# .pdf generator?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3365

Answers (1)

Dhaval Shukla
Dhaval Shukla

Reputation: 1127

Yes you can do it, with older versions too. I have attached the code that uses the string builder to generate html with itext Sharp.

Document doc = new Document(PageSize.LETTER, 10, 10, 42, 35);
                iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter wri = iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream("D:\\PurchaseOrderDetails.pdf", FileMode.Create));
                doc.Open();//
                StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
                builder.Append("<html>");
                builder.Append("<head>");
                builder.Append("</head>");
                builder.Append("<body>");
                builder.Append("<img src=\"D:\\Images\\logo_left.png\" align=\"right\"/>");
                builder.Append("<br/><br/><br/><br>");
                builder.Append("");
                builder.Append("<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold\">Purchase Order Details</h1> ");
                builder.Append("");
                builder.Append("<br /><br /> ");
                builder.Append("<h2 style=\"font-weight: bold\">Purchase Order Information</h2> ");
                builder.Append("<table> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">P.O.Number:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + txtPONumber.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Vendor:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + txtVendorName.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Entry Date:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + dtpickerEntryDate.SelectedDate + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Description:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + txtDescription.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Ship Method:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + drpShipMethod.SelectedItem.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Ship Carrier:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + drpShipCarrier.SelectedItem.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Price:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + txtPrice.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Shipping Cost:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + txtShippingCost.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Warranty Status:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + txtWarrantyStatus.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("   <tr> ");
                builder.Append("      <td style=\"font-weight: bold\">Part Requirement:</td> ");
                builder.Append("      <td>" + drpPartRequirement.SelectedItem.Text + "</td> ");
                builder.Append("   </tr> ");
                builder.Append("</table> ");
                builder.Append("<br /><br /> ");
                builder.Append(" ");
                builder.Append("<p style=\"text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-size: 10pt\"> ");
                builder.Append("   Thank you for your business! If you have any questions about your order, please contact us at ");
                builder.Append("   800-555-. ");
                builder.Append("</p> ");
                builder.Append("</body>");
                builder.Append("</html>");

                var parsedHtmlElements = HTMLWorker.ParseToList(new StringReader(builder.ToString()), null);
                foreach (var htmlElement in parsedHtmlElements)
                    doc.Add(htmlElement as IElement);

                doc.Close();

Upvotes: 3

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