C# Excel Worksheet - Send Email as a PDF Attachment

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Hi guys

I am currently creating an Excel worksheet from an array of data pulled from a database. The data is first displayed on a form in text boxes / combos etc, then when a button is pressed an excel sheet is produced displaying the data in a nicely laid out manor. I’ve managed to overcome a few problems I had, like adding images and setting the scale size etc, the last thing id like to achieve (through the push of a button on my win form) is to use the excel spread sheet and (if you was using excel [Click File > Send > Email as PDF attachment)
First Convert my excel doc into a PDF, and then attach to an email, which can be sent.

I have checked the web for this, for a few hours now but to no real luck. Any help would be very much appreciated. :confused:

Thanks for your time, Kind Regards,

Nick Austin

Posted 5-Oct-10 0:44am

DecodedSolutions.co.uk

Updated 6-Oct-10 5:22am

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2010-10-06T05:31:00

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In order to convert the spreadsheet to PDF I think you will probably need to use a PDF printer driver; there are lots to be found on the internet. Alternatively you could use one of the PDF libraries (iTextSharp[^] for example) and write the conversion code yourself. Sending emails from C# is quite a simple matter, and again there are plenty of examples on the internet, and probably here on CodeProject.

Posted 6-Oct-10 5:31am

Richard MacCutchan

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DecodedSolutions.co.uk 6-Oct-10 11:40am

Cheers for the response Richard, ill check out the link you posted and get back to you with the success. in responce to sending emails from c#, i have no problems doing that and have many in place. the main question i am really asking is can you mirror the actions (in my c# code) to do the same as if the user was in excel and clicked [file > send > email as PDF attachment] - one again thanks

T2102 · Answer 2 · 2010-12-13T17:54:00

Solution 3

Can you use a postscript instead? Then you will not need to buy software to create the file. You can use GSView and Ghostscript.

Posted 13-Dec-10 17:54pm

T2102