Generate PDF from ASP.NET

[MeDhanush]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
ASP.NET.
I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
First of all, can it be done without using any third party component ?
If not what are best components ?

Thanks for your advices.
Kishore

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Kishore,

There are quite a few .Net implementations of PDF creators, some commercial
and some open source.

I've had fairly good success with this one:

http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net

 

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

adding to Ken's post, I've been evaluating activepdf (www.activepdf.com), it
looks pretty robust so far.

 

[MeDhanush]

Ken\David,

Thanks for the replies.
Based on my requirement ( i did't mention it in the original posting,
sorry for that),
1. iTextSharp is currently only ver 0.04, so i really don't like to go
PROD with 0.04. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
But the good part is, it is developed in c#
2.activepdf did't mention about development platform, whether they
developed it in c# or using interop.( or I may be missing the link to
web page)

I'm really looking for a managed pdf converter.

So, my shot would be for one of the following
1.Dynamic PDF
a.DynamicPDF™ Generator.NET
http://dynamicpdf.com/Products/Generator.NET/
2.Siberix
a.PDF Library http://www.siberix.com/pdf/index.html
b.Frame Set http://www.siberix.com/frameset/index.html

Can you guys pl comment on this.

Thanks again
Kishore

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

I've found iTextSharp to be quite stable and I use it in a production
environment.

The advantage is that if you find a bug, you have the source code so you can
fix it.

 

[MeDhanush]

Hi,

Thanks for the help of previous postings..,
When I'm building the application along with itextsharp.dll, VS.NET
complaining that this dll is not signed.

My application has .snk file.

I don't think I can sign itextsharp.dll.

Is there any way I can suppress this signature checking or is it
technically all the DLL's needs to signed, if my application has a
..snk ?

TIA
Kishore

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Kishore,

I see you got the answer from the iTextSharp author. Just for anyone
following this thread or picking it through a search, here's Gerald Henson's
reply:

"Just generate a key file using sn.exe, set the location of the key file in
the assemblyinfo.cs file of the itextsharp project, then rebuild. "

Ken