Generate PDF based on HTML code (iTextSharp, PDFSharp?)

Question

Does the library PDFSharp can - like iTextSharp - generate PDF files *take into account HTML formatting *? (bold (strong), spacing

Answer 1

If you only want a certain HTML string written to the PDF but not the rest, you can use the HtmlContainer from TheArtOfDev HtmlRenderer. This snippet uses V 1.5.1

using PdfSharp.Pdf;
using PdfSharp;
using PdfSharp.Drawing;
using TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.PdfSharp;

//create a pdf document
using (PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument())
{
    doc.Info.Title = "StackOverflow Demo PDF";

    //add a page
    PdfPage page = doc.AddPage();
    page.Size = PageSize.A4;

    //fonts and styles
    XFont font = new XFont("Arial", 10, XFontStyle.Regular);
    XSolidBrush brush = new XSolidBrush(XColor.FromArgb(0, 0, 0));

    using (XGraphics gfx = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(page))
    {
        //write a normal string
        gfx.DrawString("A normal string written to the PDF.", font, brush, new XRect(15, 15, page.Width, page.Height), XStringFormats.TopLeft);

        //write the html string to the pdf
        using (var container = new HtmlContainer())
        {
            var pageSize = new XSize(page.Width, page.Height);

            container.Location = new XPoint(15,  45);
            container.MaxSize = pageSize;
            container.PageSize = pageSize;
            container.SetHtml("This is a HTML string written to the PDF.

www.google.nl");

            using (var measure = XGraphics.CreateMeasureContext(pageSize, XGraphicsUnit.Point, XPageDirection.Downwards))
            {
                container.PerformLayout(measure);
            }

            gfx.IntersectClip(new XRect(0, 0, page.Width, page.Height));

            container.PerformPaint(gfx);
        }
    }

    //write the pdf to a byte array to serve as download, attach to an email etc.
    byte[] bin;
    using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        doc.Save(stream, false);
        bin = stream.ToArray();
    }
}