Create PDFs in .Net on the fly
I was doing a project in that i want to create PDF reports on the fly. I goggled a lot and i went through lot of tools over internet.But i went back on seeing the 200$ + license.I cannot buy licence becoz i 'm doing project as a self service towards a charity association.Then i came across a open source project called iTextSharp. iTextSharp is a library entirely written ic C# on .Net platform that allows u to create PDF dynamically. So lets code to create a simple PDF in VB.Net Imports iTextSharp.text Imports iTextSharp.text.pdf Imports iTextSharp.text.html Public Sub GenerateReport() Dim Doc As New Document(PageSize.A4, 80, 50, 30, 65) Dim FileName As String = Guid.NewGuid.ToString Dim Par As New Paragraph() Dim oLabResults As New LabResult Dim iTextTable As iTextSharp.text.Table Dim imgLogo As iTextSharp.text.Image Dim strLogoPath As String Dim oDirInfo As New DirectoryInfo(HttpContext.Current.Request.PhysicalApplic