Programmatically download a file as a pdf file

Question

Hello!

I have a web application that generates documents as rtf files. The user can download these files from a webpage by clicking on a link to them.

I would like the files to be automatically downloaded as PDF files and not as RTF files.

How could I do that?

Thank you.

Sharon Thompson · Answer

You need to read and process your RTF files in C# , unfortunately there is no native .NET way how to convert that content to PDF format so you need to create a PDF file in C# yourself . For example this is one of the simplest solutions to achieve the required conversion and also export that resulting PDF file to ASP.NET's client : var document = DocumentModel .Load( "Sample.rtf" ); document.Save( this .Response, "Sample.pdf" ); The code uses this .NET library for Word documents processing .

Pradip Pandey · Answer

Hi This you can do by using this code: 1. Add reference for CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine. 2. Add assembly in your page like this Namespace="CrystalDecisions.Web" TagPrefix="CR" %> 3. Add CrystalReportViewer in you page deign like this 4. Create a Crystal Report by using a view e.g. vw_VendorList. VB.Net Code: Dim Rpt As New ReportDocument Rpt.Load(Server.MapPath("abc.rpt")) Dim ds As New Data.DataSet Dim dt As New SqlDataAdapter("Select * from VW_VendorList", ConnString) dt.Fill(ds, "VW_VendorList") Rpt.SetDataSource(ds) CRV.ReportSource = Rpt Rpt.ExportToHttpResponse(CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, Response, True, "Vendor List Report") After running this code, crystal report file will be exported in the form of Pdf. Hope it will help.

Sharon White · Answer

It seems difficult to download the file as PDF automatically. Maybe you can try to convert RTF to PDF after downloading?

Cyrille Rey · Answer

Dear Kamal, Thank you for your answer. However, the documents are generated as rtf documents. What I want to do is for them to be converted to pdf when the user clicks download. Is that possible? How could I do it? Thank you.

Kamal Rawat · Answer

VB.Net Dim FileName As String = Path.GetFileName(FullFileName) //Function provides file path Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream" Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" & FileName) Response.WriteFile(FullFileName) Response.[End]() C# .NET string FileName = Path.GetFileName(FullFileName); //Function provides file path Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"; Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + FileName); Response.WriteFile(FullFileName); Response.End(); Please mark it as Accept, if it helps..

Raman Ghantiyala · Answer

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Programmatically download a file as a pdf file

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