Here's the link I used as a guide. Hope this helps!
Converting HTML to PDF using ITextSharp
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
string strHtml = string.Empty;
//HTML File path -http://aspnettutorialonline.blogspot.com/
string htmlFileName = Server.MapPath("~") + "\\files\\" + "ConvertHTMLToPDF.htm";
//pdf file path. -http://aspnettutorialonline.blogspot.com/
string pdfFileName = Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "\\files\\" + "ConvertHTMLToPDF.pdf";
//reading html code from html file
FileStream fsHTMLDocument = new FileStream(htmlFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
StreamReader srHTMLDocument = new StreamReader(fsHTMLDocument);
strHtml = srHTMLDocument.ReadToEnd();
srHTMLDocument.Close();
strHtml = strHtml.Replace("\r\n", "");
strHtml = strHtml.Replace("\0", "");
CreatePDFFromHTMLFile(strHtml, pdfFileName);
Response.Write("pdf creation successfully with password -http://aspnettutorialonline.blogspot.com/");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Response.Write(ex.Message);
}
}
public void CreatePDFFromHTMLFile(string HtmlStream, string FileName)
{
try
{
object TargetFile = FileName;
string ModifiedFileName = string.Empty;
string FinalFileName = string.Empty;
/* To add a Password to PDF -http://aspnettutorialonline.blogspot.com/ */
TestPDF.HtmlToPdfBuilder builder = new TestPDF.HtmlToPdfBuilder(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.A4);
TestPDF.HtmlPdfPage first = builder.AddPage();
first.AppendHtml(HtmlStream);
byte[] file = builder.RenderPdf();
File.WriteAllBytes(TargetFile.ToString(), file);
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader reader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(TargetFile.ToString());
ModifiedFileName = TargetFile.ToString();
ModifiedFileName = ModifiedFileName.Insert(ModifiedFileName.Length - 4, "1");
string password = "password";
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(reader, new FileStream(ModifiedFileName, FileMode.Append), iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, password, "", iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowPrinting);
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reader.Close();
if (File.Exists(TargetFile.ToString()))
File.Delete(TargetFile.ToString());
FinalFileName = ModifiedFileName.Remove(ModifiedFileName.Length - 5, 1);
File.Copy(ModifiedFileName, FinalFileName);
if (File.Exists(ModifiedFileName))
File.Delete(ModifiedFileName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
You can download the sample file. Just place the html
you want to convert in the files
folder and run. It will automatically generate the pdf file and place it in the same folder. But in your case, you can specify your html path in the htmlFileName
variable.