Export Gridview to PDF

[SamRST]

hi all, i had been n trouble for weeks, to generate Pdf from Gridview. i tried to use iTextsharp, but not found any how to generate Pdf from HTML. Please help me. its urgent. Thanks in Advance.

[PSK_]

If you don’t want to use any 3rd party tool for the conversion then try using SSRS report (.rdl file) locally, you can host the report locally (mode=local) in your website and report viewer control will render the pdf file for you.

Regards, Prakash Kalakoti

[SamRST]

hi, i used Microsoft report first, but the hosting server is not supporting the same. please help me friend.

[PSK_]

For RDL report you don’t need it to be hosted somewhere it can run on Local Mode also. RDL file is just a template and can be used locally; you can add an rdl file in you website and set it as a report source for the reportviewer control. Eg

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportPath = Server.MapPath(@"~\Reports\MyReport.rdl");
DataSet dsReport = … //Fill the dataset
ReportDataSource rds = new ReportDataSource();
rds.Name = “MyDataSet”;
rds.Value = dsReport.Tables[0];
ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(rds);

Check this out Using the ASP.NET 2.0 ReportViewer in Local Mode[^]

Regards, Prakash Kalakoti

[SamRST]

hi, i tried the same first. But unfortunately the hosting server is not supporting Microsoft reporting & its dll's.

[PSK_]

Have you tried coping all the reportviewer dll files in the deoloyment server. Long back I faced same issue, because in my local system all required reportviewer dll was registered in GAC and same was not the case with the production server, so I copied all the dll files manually in the prod server which resolved the issue. What error you are getting?

Regards, Prakash Kalakoti

[SamRST]

hi, ya ya ,, u r correct. but, i tried the same also. but, for running the reportviewer dll, we have to give FULL Trust to that, which is not given by the server.

[mrcooll]

Hi, i faced this issue last month , i think the best way to do convreting html to pdf is to use a component for it try to google it

[SamRST]

can u please suggest me a component and a sample code.

[mrcooll]

http://www.asppdf.com/[^] I used this product http://www.html-to-pdf.net/ExpertPDF-HtmlToPdf-Converter.aspx[^]

''' <summary>
''' Convert the HTML code from the specified URL to a PDF document and send the
''' document as an attachment to the browser
''' </summary>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Private Sub ConvertURLToPDF(ByVal url As String)

        Dim urlToConvert As String = url
        Dim selectablePDF As Boolean = True

        ' Create the PDF converter. Optionally you can specify the virtual browser 
        ' width as parameter. 1024 pixels is default, 0 means autodetect
        Dim pdfConverter As PdfConverter = New PdfConverter()
        ' set the license key
        'pdfConverter.LicenseKey = "put your license key here"
        ' set the converter options
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfPageSize = PdfPageSize.A4
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfCompressionLevel = PdfCompressionLevel.Normal
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfPageOrientation = PDFPageOrientation.Portrait

        ' set if header and footer are shown in the PDF - optional - default is false 
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowHeader = False
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowFooter = False
        ' set to generate a pdf with selectable text or a pdf with embedded image - optional - default is true
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.GenerateSelectablePdf = True
        ' set if the HTML content is resized if necessary to fit the PDF page width - optional - default is true
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.FitWidth = True

        ' set the embedded fonts option - optional - default is false
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.EmbedFonts = False
        ' set the live HTTP links option - optional - default is true
        pdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.LiveUrlsEnabled = True


        ' set if the JavaScript is enabled during conversion to a PDF with selectable text 
        ' - optional - default is false
        pdfConverter.ScriptsEnabled = False
        ' set if the Active

[SamRST]

if u dont mind, can u please give the Dll too. When i use, which i downloaded from google, shows a Red watermark in the pdf file.

modified on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:13 AM

[mrcooll]

hi, I think u receiving the watermark on the converted pdf becouse it not license u need to buy it my friend i used this commponent for demo perpose before buy it and install it on the server http://jib.imagine.com.jo/JordanataGlance/tabid/63/language/en-US/Default.aspx[^]

[SamRST]

There is lots dll, for purhcase. but we r looking for opensource only.