creating pdf using c#, xml and itextsharp

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#.

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

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 sender,EventArgs 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.pdf",this.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.Helvetica,13f);

 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.pdf",HttpContext.Current.Response, HttpReadType.Open);

 }

 }

 }

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.

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.

You mean something like this
I have not implemented pdf yet

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.

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