Pdf Html Element

Both full web pages and html strings can be converted to pdf using PdfHtmlElement with the appropriate constructor. PdfHtmlElement(String) can be used to convert a full web page specified by an url or local file to pdf. PdfHtmlElement(String, String) can be used to convert a raw html string to pdf.

Properties

Authentication - Handles authentication options if the web page being converted requires authentication.

AutoFitHeight - Specifies the vertical auto fit mode.

AutoFitWidth - Specifies the horizontal auto fit mode.

CssMediaType - Indicates what css styles are used when the web page is rendered.

DrawBackground - Gets or sets a flag indicating if the web page background is rendered in pdf.

HiddenWebElements - Gets a reference to the object that controls the visibility of some web elements in the generated pdf document.

HttpCookies - Gets the collection of custom HTTP cookies used for the conversion.

HttpHeaders - Get the collection of custom HTTP headers used for the conversion.

JavaScriptEnabled - Enable scripts when rendering the url or html string.

KeepImagesTogether - This property instructs the converter whether to try to avoid cutting off the images between pdf pages or not.

KeepTextsTogether - This property instructs the converter whether to try to avoid cutting off the text lines between pdf pages or not.

MaxPageLoadTime - The web page navigation timeout in seconds.

MinPageLoadTime - An additional time in seconds to wait for asynchronous items to be loaded before the web page is rendered.

PdfBookmarkOptions - Gets a reference to the object that controls the bookmarks creation for the generated pdf document.

ProxyOptions - Gets a reference to an object containing the proxy settings used to access the web page that is being converted.

StartupMode - Use this property to specify how the conversion starts.

VisibleWebElementId - Use this property to convert only a certain section of the page, specified by the html element ID.

WebPageWidth - Gets or sets the width of the converted web page as it would appear in the internal browser used to render the html.

WebPageHeight - Gets or sets the height of the converted web page as it would appear in the internal browser used to render the html.

WebPageFixedSize - Controls whether the web page is rendered with a fixed size internal browser or the size automatically extends to make the whole content visible.

WebPageInformation - Gets an object populated after conversion with the title, keywords and description of the converted web page.

Sample code that shows how to use PdfHtmlElement object to convert a web page to pdf.

// create a new pdf document
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

// add a new page to the document
PdfPage page = doc.AddPage();

// create html element 
PdfHtmlElement html = new PdfHtmlElement(TxtUrl.Text);

// add the html element to the document
page.Add(html);

// save pdf document
doc.Save(Response, false, "Sample.pdf");

// close pdf document
doc.Close();

' create a new pdf document
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

' add a new page to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.AddPage()

' create html element 
Dim html As New PdfHtmlElement(TxtUrl.Text)

' add the html element to the document
page.Add(html)

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

' close pdf document
doc.Close()

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