The component can read and parse all types of HTML: 3.2, HTML 4.01, HTML 5 with CSS and XHTML. Our component doesn't require any special version of HTML format it will work with any version. The component has own HTML parser.

Scripting languages (like a JQuery, JavaScript) are not supported. If you want to convert HTML (saturated with JavaScript and complex CSS) to PDF, use another our component - PDF Vision .Net.

These CSS are now supported by the current version of PDF Metamorphosis .Net:

PDF Metamorphosis .Net can render PDF documents using own PDF class. You may select the version for output PDF: 1.3 -1.7, PDF/A. If you are looking for .NET class (C#) to convert PDF to other formats, see our PDF Focus .Net.

1. Convert HTML string to PDF bytes in C#:

            SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis p = new SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis();

            if (p != null)
            {
                string htmlPath = @"c:\Doctor Zhivago.htm";
                string pdfPath = Path.ChangeExtension(htmlPath, ".pdf");
                string htmlString = "";

                // 1. Get HTML content.
                htmlString = ReadFromFile(htmlPath);

                // 2. Converting HTML to PDF
                // Specify BaseUrl to help converter find a full path for relative images, CSS.
                p.HtmlSettings.BaseUrl = Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetFullPath(htmlPath));
                byte[] pdfBytes = p.HtmlToPdfConvertStringToByte(htmlString);

                if (pdfBytes != null)
                {
                    // 3. Save the PDF document to a file for a viewing purpose.
                    File.WriteAllBytes(pdfPath, pdfBytes);
                    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pdfPath);
                }
            }
      

2. Convert URL to PDF using C#:

            SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis p = new SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis();

            if (p != null)
            {
                string htmlPath = @"http://www.w3.org/";
                string pdfPath = @"c:\w3.pdf";

                //Converting HTML to PDF
                int result = p.HtmlToPdfConvertFile(htmlPath, pdfPath);
            }

      

3. Convert HTML file to PDF file in VB.NET:

            Dim p As New SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis()

            ' Set page options.
            p.PageSettings.Size.A4()
            p.PageSettings.Numbering.Text = "Page {page} of {numpages}"

            Dim htmlPath As String = "d:\One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.htm"
            Dim pdfPath As String = "d:\One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.pdf"

            Dim result As Integer = p.HtmlToPdfConvertFile(htmlPath, pdfPath)
      

4. Convert ASPX page to PDF - C#, ASP.NET application:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Create a simple ASP.Net page with table inside

        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            //Create a simple ASP.Net table
            Table table = new Table();
            TableRow row = null;
            TableCell cell = null;

            int rows = 5;
            int cells = 5;
            for (int x = 0; x < rows; x++)
            {
                row = new TableRow();
                for (int y = 0; y < cells; y++)
                {
                    cell = new TableCell();
                    cell.Width = Unit.Pixel(80);
                    cell.BorderColor = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("darkgreen");
                    cell.BorderWidth = Unit.Pixel(2);
                    cell.Font.Name = "Helvetica";
                    cell.Font.Size = FontUnit.Point(10);
                    cell.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center;

                    cell.Text = "Row " + ((int)(x + 1)).ToString() + ", Cell " + ((int)(y + 1)).ToString();
                    row.Cells.Add(cell);
                }
                table.Rows.Add(row);
            }

            //Add table to page
            Panel1.Controls.Add(table);
        }
    }

    //Get HTML from ASPX
    protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
    {
        // setup a TextWriter to capture the markup
        TextWriter tw = new StringWriter();
        HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(tw);

        // render the markup into our surrogate TextWriter
        base.Render(htw);

        // get the captured markup as a string
        string currentPage = tw.ToString();

        //Save HTML code to tempory file
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("Temp"), "temp.htm"), currentPage, Encoding.UTF8);

        // render the markup into the output stream verbatim
        writer.Write(currentPage);
    }
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Get HTML from temporary file which we've created in the overriden method Render()
        string html = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("Temp"), "temp.htm"), Encoding.UTF8);

        string url = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri;

        if (html.Length > 0)
        {
            SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis p = new SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis();
		    //After purchasing the license, please insert your serial number here to activate the component
            //p.Serial = "XXXXXXXXXXX";

            p.HtmlSettings.BaseUrl = url;

            byte[] pdf = p.HtmlToPdfConvertStringToByte(html);

            //show PDF
            if (pdf != null)
            {
                Response.Buffer = true;
                Response.Clear();
                Response.ContentType = "application/PDF";
                Response.AddHeader("content-disposition:", "attachment; filename=Result.pdf");
                Response.BinaryWrite(pdf);
                Response.Flush();
                Response.End();
            }

        }
    }
}
      

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"  CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server">
        </asp:Panel>
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Convert" OnClick="Button1_Click"/>
   </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>