SelectPdf Free Html To Pdf Converter - Setting Document Properties with Html to Pdf Converter - VB.NET / ASP.NET Sample

This sample shows how to convert a web page to pdf using SelectPdf and set the basic pdf document information (title, subject, keywords) with the values taken from the webpage.

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Sample Code Vb.Net



Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports SelectPdf

Namespace SelectPdf.Samples
    Partial Public Class pdf_converter_properties
        Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

        Protected Sub BtnCreatePdf_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
            ' instantiate a html to pdf converter object
            Dim converter As New HtmlToPdf()

            ' create a new pdf document converting an url
            Dim doc As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertUrl(TxtUrl.Text)

            ' get conversion result (contains document info from the web page)
            Dim result As HtmlToPdfResult = converter.ConversionResult

            ' set the document properties
            doc.DocumentInformation.Title = result.WebPageInformation.Title
            doc.DocumentInformation.Subject = result.WebPageInformation.Description
            doc.DocumentInformation.Keywords = result.WebPageInformation.Keywords

            doc.DocumentInformation.Author = "Select.Pdf Samples"
            doc.DocumentInformation.CreationDate = DateTime.Now

            ' save pdf document
            doc.Save(Response, False, "Sample.pdf")

            ' close pdf document
            doc.Close()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace