How to convert specific div in asp.net webform into pdf format with same css styles

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I am developing an invoice manager where i would like to save the billing details in pdf. I am using iTextsharp but the table format and the css dont get included.

If I get the code to convert the asp.net web page div containing datacontrols into html format. It will also be helpful.
Please help me with proper solution. Thanks in advance.

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iTextsharp , Select.htmlToPdf

Posted 15-Feb-16 4:22am

Er. Dhaval Panchal

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Manas_Kumar · Answer 1 · 2016-02-15T06:12:00

You can iTextSharp HTMLWorker class to convert HTML to PDF:

C#

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=Panel.pdf");
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
var example_html = @"<p>This is some sample  text<span style="">!!!</span></p>";
StringReader sr = new StringReader(example_html);
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();

Everything will work fine but HTMLWorker is obsolete. So instead you can use XMLWorkerHelper to get more advantage:

Firstly install class in Nuget console: Install-Package itextsharp.xmlworker
Then add namespace: using iTextSharp.tool.xml;

C#

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=Panel.pdf");
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
var example_html = @"<p>This is some sample  text<span style="">!!!</span></p>";
StringReader sr = new StringReader(example_html);
Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 100f, 0f);
var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
pdfDoc.Open();
XMLWorkerHelper.GetInstance().ParseXHtml(writer, pdfDoc, sr);
pdfDoc.Close();

Response.Write(pdfDoc);
Response.End();