creating pdf using c# xml and itextsharp

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How to create pdf from an xml file using itextsharp in c#. My xml file is as follows: Sep-11-2012 P001 Brahma Acharya BBSR 99372 85710 Mar-26-2012 Male 65 inches 75 Kg 120/80 mm Hg Fasting Blood Sugar 85.0 mg/dl 70.0 - 110.0 S. Urea 26.0 mg/dl 15.0 - 40.0 Eye Color Black Black The header part is the header of the document and Tests should be in table format. Thanks Nalini

Marvin Reid · Answer

You can convert your xml file to html using the .NET XslCompiledTransform class. You can then convert the html file to PDF using the DocumentConverter. Here is the code you can use for this: // Load the style sheet. XslCompiledTransform xslt = new XslCompiledTransform(); xslt.Load( style.xsl ); // Execute the transform and output the results to a file. xslt.Transform( input.xml  input.html ); using (DocumentConverter documentConverter = new DocumentConverter()) { var input = input.html ; var output = @ C:\Output\output.pdf ); var jobData = DocumentConverterJobs.CreateJobData(input output DocumentFormat.Pdf); jobData.JobName = conversion job ; var documentWriter = new DocumentWriter(); documentConverter.SetDocumentWriterInstance(documentWriter); var renderingEngine = new AnnWinFormsRenderingEngine(); documentConverter.SetAnnRenderingEngineInstance(renderingEngine); var job = documentConverter.Jobs.CreateJob(jobData); documentConverter.Jobs.RunJob(job); } https://www.leadtools.com/help/sdk/v21/tutorials/dotnet-core-convert-files-with-the-document-converter.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.xml.xsl.xslcompiledtransform?view=net-6.0

Garry Gibson · Answer

Hi try this sample out I'm creating a documents header with a content and a table with a contents. Also you can customize and format text tables or whatever you need: var data = new DataSet (); data.ReadXml( report.xml ); // Create empty document. var document = new DocumentModel (); var section = new Section (document); document.Sections.Add(section); // Create a header content. var headerData = data.Tables[ Header ]; var header = new HeaderFooter (document HeaderFooterType .HeaderDefault); foreach ( DataColumn column in headerData.Columns) header.Blocks.Add( new Paragraph (document new Run (document column.ColumnName) { CharacterFormat = { Bold = true } } new SpecialCharacter (document SpecialCharacterType .Tab) new Run (document headerData.Rows[0][column].ToString()) new SpecialCharacter (document SpecialCharacterType .LineBreak))); section.HeadersFooters.Add(header); // Create table content. var tableData = data.Tables[ Test ]; var table = new Table (document tableData.Rows.Count tableData.Columns.Count (row column) => { return new TableCell (document new Paragraph (document tableData.Rows[row][column].ToString())); }); section.Blocks.Add(table); // Save as PDF. document.Save( report.pdf  SaveOptions .PdfDefault); Code uses this C# Word component I believe you will find that it's easy to use it and it has an intuitive API for creating a PDF files in C# .

Jumaila Shahzad · Answer

Try Aspose.PDF for .NET Library  You can convert XML file to PDF with this library.

rebecca yang · Answer

I thought Spire.PDF for .NET is a good tool to create PDF file in C# C# using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Drawing; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using Spire.Pdf; using Spire.Pdf.Graphics; namespace SendPdfToWebBrowser { public partial class WebForm_SendPdf : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender EventArgs e) { } // load a pdf document after that send it to client browser as an attachment protected void btnClientSavePdf_Click(object senderEventArgs e) { // initiated an object of Spire.PdfDocument PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument(); // Load a pdf file doc.LoadFromFile(this.Server.MapPath(/sample.pdf)); // send the pdf document to client browser as an attachment doc.SaveToHttpResponse(sample.pdfthis.Response HttpReadType.Save); } // Create an pdf document then open it in the client browser protected void btnClientOpenPdf_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { // Initiate an object of Spire.PdfDocument PdfDocument newDoc = new PdfDocument(); // Add a new page in this newly created pdf file PdfPageBase page = newDoc.Pages.Add(); string message = Hello world! ; PdfFont font = new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica13f); PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Red; PointF location = new PointF(20 20); // Draw a string with designated brush a font position in pdf page page.Canvas.DrawString(message font brush location); //To open this pdf document in client browser. newDoc.SaveToHttpResponse(sample.pdfHttpContext.Current.Response HttpReadType.Open); } } }

Nalini Mishra · Answer

Hi Frogleg I want to make one more thing clear that creating the pdf in my application is a backend process so I dont have to display it in any UI and fetch the value from the UI. Thank you.

Nalini Mishra · Answer

Hi I am sorry for my late reply. What ever you did is absolutely fine and the out put should be a pdf. I do appreciate your time and help. Please help me creating the pdf. Thanks a lot.

Frogleg · Answer

You mean something like this I have not implemented pdf yet

Nalini Mishra · Answer

I went through link link before. I want my data to come from the xml file and as I mentioned before that the header part is the header of the document and the Tests should be in table format at the body part of the pdf. I am new to this situation and appreciate your help.

Frogleg · Answer

Check this out http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/f2e803/basic-pdf-creation-using-itextsharp-part-i/

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