Besides convert HTML URL to PDF and HTML file to PDF, now Spire.PDF starts to support converting HTML string to PDF. This article will show you how to convert HTML string into PDF file in C#. We support tables, text and Hyperlinks in the HTML strings. Please check the steps as below:
- Download Spire.PDF for .NET (Version 3.0.27 above) and install it correctly. The Spire.PDF installation is clean, professional and wrapped up in a MSI installer.
- Add Spire.Pdf.dll as reference in the downloaded Bin folder though the below path: "..\Spire.Pdf\Bin\NET4.0\ Spire.Pdf.dll".
- Here comes to the codes:
Step 1: Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();
Step 2: Set the layout and page setting
PdfHtmlLayoutFormat htmlLayoutFormat = new PdfHtmlLayoutFormat(); //webBrowser load html whether Waiting htmlLayoutFormat.IsWaiting = false; //page setting PdfPageSettings setting = new PdfPageSettings(); setting.Size = PdfPageSize.A4;
Step 3: Load the HTML string code and generate the PDF file.
string htmlCode = File.ReadAllText("..\\..\\2.html");
//use single thread to generate the pdf from above html code
Thread thread = new Thread(() =>
{ pdf.LoadFromHTML(htmlCode, false, setting, htmlLayoutFormat);});
thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
thread.Start();
thread.Join();
Step 4: Save the file to PDF and preview it.
pdf.SaveToFile("output.pdf");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.pdf");
Please check the effective screenshot:
Full codes:
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.HtmlConverter;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
namespace LoadFromHTML
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();
PdfHtmlLayoutFormat htmlLayoutFormat = new PdfHtmlLayoutFormat();
htmlLayoutFormat.IsWaiting = false;
PdfPageSettings setting = new PdfPageSettings();
setting.Size = PdfPageSize.A4;
string htmlCode = File.ReadAllText("..\\..\\2.html");
Thread thread = new Thread(() =>
{ pdf.LoadFromHTML(htmlCode, false, setting, htmlLayoutFormat); });
thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
thread.Start();
thread.Join();
pdf.SaveToFile("output.pdf");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.pdf");
}
}
}
