creating pdf

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in my project when click a button i need to open a new pdf file, in that file contain values from my database. how to create it. please help me

Glen Lewis · Answer

Hi manikanth, I'm not sure if you want to create a new PDF from scratch in C# or do you want to use some sort of a template document. You see this second approach is more common, you could create a word (DOCX) or template (DOTX) document in .NET which will define some place holders and then you can fill them with database data and convert the document to a PDF. I also used this approach with a help of this .net dll for word and other document type file processing , more specific I used MergeField elements in DOTX file and then execute a mail merge operation in C# to import new data, after that I save the document into a PDF format. Also just in case if that approach does not suit your needs, here is a sample how to create a new PDF file with DataTable's data: var dataTable = new DataTable (); // ... var document = new DocumentModel (); document.Sections.Add( new Section (document, new Table (document, dataTable.Rows.Count, dataTable.Columns.Count, (r, c) => new TableCell (document, new Paragraph (document, dataTable.Rows[r][c].ToString()))))); document.Save( "New File.pdf" ); I hope this helps.

darjeam nh · Answer

here provides various ways to export database data to PDF in C# http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/385812/How-to-export-data-to-PDF-using-csharp

Anupam Singh · Answer

You can try ItextSharp , find a simple use here: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/81118/ITextSharp-Helper-Class

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