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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained how to export ASP.Net Web Page with images to PDF
using ITextsharp PDF conversion library
Download Download Free Files API
In this article I will explain how to export ASP.Net Web Page to PDF i.e. Portable Document For
mat.

So let’s start building the sample.

Download ITextsharp

You will need to download ITextsharp and add its reference to your project. ITextsharp is a free
HTML to PDF Library. You can download it using the following download link

Download ITextsharp

HTML Markup

The HTML markup of the page contains a sample page with an image, some text and an HTML t
able. Also there’s an export button on click of which we will export the page to PDF.

<form id="form1" runat="server">

<div>
<img src = "//www.aspsnippets.com/images/Blue/Logo.png" /><br />
</div>
<div style = "font-family:Arial">This is a test page</div>
<div>
<table border = "1" width = "100">
<tr><td>Name</td><td>Age</td></tr>
<tr><td>John</td><td>11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sam</td><td>13</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tony</td><td>12</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
<div>
<asp:Button ID="btnExport" runat="server" Text="Export" onclick="btnExport_Click"
/></div>
</form>

Namespaces

You will need to import the following namespaces in your code.

C#
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

VB.Net

Imports System.IO
Imports iTextSharp.text
Imports iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser
Imports iTextSharp.text.pdf

Exporting the page to PDF

The below event handler is executed on the click of the export button.

C#

protected void btnExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=TestPage.pdf");
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
this.Page.RenderControl(hw);
StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString());
Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 100f, 0f);
HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
pdfDoc.Open();
htmlparser.Parse(sr);
pdfDoc.Close();
Response.Write(pdfDoc);
Response.End();
}
VB.Net

Protected Sub btnExport_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=TestPage.pdf")
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache)
Dim sw As New StringWriter()
Dim hw As New HtmlTextWriter(sw)
Me.Page.RenderControl(hw)
Dim sr As New StringReader(sw.ToString())
Dim pdfDoc As New Document(PageSize.A4, 10.0F, 10.0F, 100.0F, 0.0F)
Dim htmlparser As New HTMLWorker(pdfDoc)
PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream)
pdfDoc.Open()
htmlparser.Parse(sr)
pdfDoc.Close()
Response.Write(pdfDoc)
Response.[End]()
End Sub

Note: If you get the following error. Refer this article RegisterForEventValidation can only be call
ed during Render()

Server Error in 'ASP.Net' Application.

RegisterForEventValidation can only be called during Render();

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current we
b request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and w
here it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: RegisterForEventValidation can

only be called during Render();

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You can download the complete source code in VB.Net and C# using the download link provided
below.

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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained with an example and attached sample code, how to
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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained with an example and attached sample code, how to
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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained with an example and attached sample code, how to
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iTextSharp
Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained with an example and attached sample code, how to
export ASP.Net GridView Arabic, Persian or U rdu Language Characters to PDF using iTextSharp
PDF Conversion Library.
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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained with an example and attached sample code, how to
export GridView with Devanagari, Hindi or Marathi Language Characters to PDF using iTextSharp
PDF Conversion library
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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained how to export DataGridView data to PDF file in
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ASP.Net
Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained how to dynamically generate PDF in Memory from
HTML using iTextSharp and send the generated PDF as Email Attachment using C# and VB.Net.
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MemoryStream class and then the same is attached to the MailMessage object and send as email
attachment.
ASP.Net iTextSharp System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly does not allow
partially trusted callers
Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained how to resolve the error
System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers when
using iTextSharp Library DLL on a server that does not allow Full Trust to the Website. Generally
we face this issue when using Shared Hosting Servers and hence to resolve this issue we need to
modify the iTextSharp DLL to allow partially trust callers.
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Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained how to add page numbers to existing PDF file using
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Unable to cast object of type 'iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.CellWrapper' to type
'iTextSharp.text.Paragraph'
Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained solution to the following error (exception) when we use
HtmlWorker to convert HTML string to PDF using iTextSharp PDF conversion library. U nable to
cast object of type ' iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.CellWrapper' to type
' iTextSharp.text.Paragraph' . One of my readers reported me the above error when exporting
ASP.Net GridView to PDF when he used the latest version of iTextSharp DLL instead of the one
provided in the article sample.

MixfedeFeb 07 , 2012 01: 02 PM 190.194.43.53

Gooooodddd.. excelent short and simple... thanks

HiteshApr 11, 2012 09: 04 AM 10.10.136 .6

mind Blowing Example

thats wat i want...

mohammad ismail akheelMay 20, 2012 09: 05 AM 94.96 .99.115

Jaz akAllahu Khairan wa ahsanuljaz a.

good short and simple.

Emmanuel ThompsonMay 21, 2012 03: 05 PM 197 .255.118.156

Ho brother I just love it your articles are like light in the dearness.Simple and
straightforward. I wanted to q uit programming in asp.do net but with your help I beginning
to enjoy it.
God richly bless you

Ron ThomasMay 28, 2012 02: 05 PM 122.16 6 .158.51

 Terrific and effective work dude. god bless you

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