Asp.Net MVC how to get view to generate PDF

Question

I would like to call an action on a controller. Have the controller get the data from the model. The view then runs and generates a PDF. The only example I have found i

Answer 1

I also came across this http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/260470/PDF-reporting-using-ASP-NET-MVC3. It's easy and swift, and fits well with MVC.

However, the only downside so far is that it's not quite flexible you want to have a decent layout, for example, you don't have much control with table, and cell borders through html. It sort of supports force new page, but you will have to apply a patch to iTextsharp.