Export ASPX to PDF and send PDF File as email attachment

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Hi ..... I Need to Export ASPX Page to PDF and Exported PDF Need to send email as attachment (For Example): Monthly Payements of Telephone Bills Are Send From Their Site on Clicking One Button ( Send Bill As PDF to Mail ) Once When We Click. Like This i Need to Do Please Can You Share Any Source I Have Tried Using ItextSharp and MemoryStream (bytes) Methods also its Showing Me Mail Sending Failure Due To Attachement is Not Proper With Regards...... R.V.Rajagopalan

Saikiran Gst · Answer

hi Avinash aher I was referred your code what you posted upto pdf generating is ok but give clarity for after generating pdf how to attach to mail and send for example pdf will generate in byte[] or directly in aspx page to pdf using responsce.output stream concept of taking http link what my dought is how we can attach aspx page generated pdf file to mail as attachment if it possible give solution for this question ...

Avinash Aher · Answer

CREATE PDF USING FOLLOWING protected void btnCreatePdf_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { try { HTMLToPdf(); } catch (Exception) { throw; } } public void HTMLToPdf() { Rectangle rect = PageSize.LETTER; Document document = new Document(rect); PdfWriter.GetInstance(document new FileStream(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + \Chap0101.pdf FileMode.Create)); document.Open(); iTextSharp.text.Image pdfImage = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(Server.MapPath(logo.png)); pdfImage.ScaleToFit(600 50); pdfImage.Alignment = iTextSharp.text.Image.UNDERLYING; pdfImage.SetAbsolutePosition(400 700); document.Add(pdfImage); //iTextSharp.text.pdf.draw.LineSeparator line1 = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.draw.LineSeparator(1f 100f BaseColor.GRAY Element.ALIGN_LEFT 1); //document.Add(new Chunk(line1)); iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.StyleSheet styles = new iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.StyleSheet(); iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker hw = new iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker(document); AllViews v = new AllViews(); hw.Parse(new StringReader( Your ASPX page HTML content )); document.Close(); ShowPdf(Chap0101.pdf); } private void ShowPdf(string s) { Response.ClearContent(); Response.ClearHeaders(); Response.AddHeader(Content-Disposition inline;filename= + s); Response.ContentType = application/pdf; Response.WriteFile(s); Response.Flush(); Response.Clear(); } IF YOU WANT SEND THIS PDF VIA SMTP USE FOLLOWING CLASS AND CALL QUICK SEND METHOD WITH PASS REQIRED PARAMETER public class EnhancedMailMessage : MailMessage { private string fromName; private string smtpServerName; private string smtpUserName; private string smtpUserPassword; private int smtpServerPort; private bool smtpSSL; public EnhancedMailMessage() { fromName = string.Empty; smtpServerName = string.Empty; smtpUserName = string.Empty; smtpUserPassword = string.Empty; smtpServerPort = 25; smtpSSL = false; } /// /// The display name that will appear /// in the recipient mail client /// public string FromName { set { fromName = value; } get { return fromName; } } /// /// SMTP server (name or IP address) /// public string SMTPServerName { set { smtpServerName = value; } get { return smtpServerName; } } /// /// Username needed for a SMTP server /// that requires authentication /// public string SMTPUserName { set { smtpUserName = value; } get { return smtpUserName; } } /// /// Password needed for a SMTP server /// that requires authentication /// public string SMTPUserPassword { set { smtpUserPassword = value; } get { return smtpUserPassword; } } /// /// SMTP server port (default 25) /// public int SMTPServerPort { set { smtpServerPort = value; } get { return smtpServerPort; } } /// /// If SMTP server requires SSL /// public bool SMTPSSL { set { smtpSSL = value; } get { return smtpSSL; } } public void Send() { if (smtpServerName.Length == 0) { throw new Exception(SMTP Server not specified); } if (fromName.Length > 0) { this.Headers.Add(From string.Format({0}  FromName From)); } // set SMTP server name this.Fields[http://schemas.microsoft.com/ + cdo/configuration/smtpserver] = smtpServerName; // set SMTP server port this.Fields[http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo + /configuration/smtpserverport] = smtpServerPort; this.Fields[http://schemas.microsoft.com/ + cdo/configuration/sendusing] = 2; if (smtpUserName.Length > 0 && smtpUserPassword.Length > 0) { this.Fields[http://schemas.microsoft.com/ + cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate] = 1; // set SMTP username this.Fields[http://schemas.microsoft.com + /cdo/configuration/sendusername] = smtpUserName; // set SMTP user password this.Fields[http://schemas.microsoft.com/ + cdo/configuration/sendpassword] = smtpUserPassword; } // ssl if needed if (smtpSSL) { this.Fields.Add(http://schemas.microsoft + .com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl true); } SmtpMail.SmtpServer = smtpServerName; SmtpMail.Send(this); } public static void QuickSend(string bodystring to string toEmailstring from) { EnhancedMailMessage msg = new EnhancedMailMessage(); msg.From = enquiry@xyz.in; msg.To = toEmail; msg.Subject = from + to; msg.Cc = xyz@xyz.in; msg.Body = body; msg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html; msg.SMTPServerName = smtp.YOURDOMAIN.in; msg.Send(); } }