Open Source HTML to PDF Renderer with Full CSS Support

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I asked about getting iTextSharp to render a PDF from HTML and a CSS sheet before here but it seems like that may not be possible     So I guess I will have to try something else   Is there an open source  NET C  library out there that can take HTML and CSS as input and render it correctly     I must reiterate    the library MUST be free and preferably something with a fairly liberal license   I m working with basically no budget here

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I ve always used it on the command line and not as a library  but HTMLDOC gives me excellent results  and it handles at least some CSS  I couldn t easily see how much    Here s a sample command line  htmldoc --webpage -t pdf --size letter --fontsize 10pt index html  gt  index pdf

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You could try my wkhtmltopdf wrapper  https   github com pruiz WkHtmlToXSharp

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You could try my wkhtmltopdf wrapper  https   github com pruiz WkHtmlToXSharp

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It s not open source  but you can at least get a free personal use license to Prince  which really does a lovely job

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Try ABCpdf from webSupergoo  It s a commercial solution  not open source  but the standard edition can be obtained free of charge and will do what you are asking   ABCpdf fully supports HTML and CSS  live forms and live links  It also uses Microsoft XML Core Services  MSXML  while rendering  so the results should match exactly what you see in Internet Explorer   The on-line demo can be used to test HTML to PDF rendering without needing to install any software  See  http   www abcpdfeditor com   The following C  code example shows how to render a single page HTML document   Doc theDoc   new Doc    theDoc AddImageUrl  http   www example com     theDoc Save  htmlimport pdf    theDoc Clear      To render multiple pages you ll need the AddImageToChain function  documented here  http   www websupergoo com helppdf7net source 5-abcpdf6 doc 1-methods addimagetochain htm

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Try ABCpdf from webSupergoo  It s a commercial solution  not open source  but the standard edition can be obtained free of charge and will do what you are asking   ABCpdf fully supports HTML and CSS  live forms and live links  It also uses Microsoft XML Core Services  MSXML  while rendering  so the results should match exactly what you see in Internet Explorer   The on-line demo can be used to test HTML to PDF rendering without needing to install any software  See  http   www abcpdfeditor com   The following C  code example shows how to render a single page HTML document   Doc theDoc   new Doc    theDoc AddImageUrl  http   www example com     theDoc Save  htmlimport pdf    theDoc Clear      To render multiple pages you ll need the AddImageToChain function  documented here  http   www websupergoo com helppdf7net source 5-abcpdf6 doc 1-methods addimagetochain htm

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It s not open source  but you can at least get a free personal use license to Prince  which really does a lovely job

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This command line tool is the business  https   wkhtmltopdf org   It uses webkit rendering engine used in safari and KDE   I tested it on some complex sites and it was by far better than any other tool

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This command line tool is the business  https   wkhtmltopdf org   It uses webkit rendering engine used in safari and KDE   I tested it on some complex sites and it was by far better than any other tool

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It s not open source  but you can at least get a free personal use license to Prince  which really does a lovely job

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Do you see     http   www xhtml2pdf com http   code google com p wkhtmltopdf    They look as PrinceXML

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It s not open source  but you can at least get a free personal use license to Prince  which really does a lovely job

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Do you see     http   www xhtml2pdf com http   code google com p wkhtmltopdf    They look as PrinceXML

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