Create PDF Using RazorPDF in ASP.Net MVC

Riyaz Akhtar

ASP.NET MVC iTextSharpcreate PDF in MVCRazorPDF

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Ilya Sadukovskiy4y ago
Does not seem to work with .net core 5 :( PdfResult cannot be converted to MVC Core ActionResult
Former member10y ago
Hi, My in Error "RazorPDF.PdfResult
Sujay Anand11y ago
As I m getting this error Could not load type 'iTextSharp.text.html.HtmlParser' from assembly 'itextsharp, Version=5.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8354ae6d2174ddca'. How to resolve this error?
- Garivi Nareshreddy10y ago
  Remove the reference and add it again. It works
- Vlad Gavrilchik9y ago
  Nope, it doesnt work in my case, some more ideas?
Alok Kumar12y ago
tell me solution please
Alok Kumar12y ago
why unnecessary spce in first column..
- Rohini Shirke11y ago
  I also facing same problem
Alok Kumar12y ago
please help
Alok Kumar12y ago
%PDF-1.4 %???? 2 0 obj <>stream x?+?r ?26S?00SI?2P?53?? -B?4?Hzu???L?5????G?l[??P???7?47???p??kW D?I? endstream endobj 4 0 obj<>/ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI]>>>> endobj 1 0 obj<> endobj 3 0 obj<> endobj 5 0 obj<> endobj 6 0 obj<> endobj xref 0 7 0000000000 65535 f 0000000376 00000 n 0000000015 00000 n 0000000463 00000 n 0000000220 00000 n 0000000513 00000 n 0000000557 00000 n trailer <<21969ad93144c0afad51f859359c0e6c>]/Root 5 0 R>> startxref 700 %%EOF getting this format
alexi espnioza12y ago
I have a view with javascript embebed... what can I do ?
amit parmar12y ago
not working, please do not put this kind of code
Gift Mokoena12y ago
I have problem Could not load type 'iTextSharp.text.html.HtmlParser' from assembly 'itextsharp, Version=5.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8354ae6d2174ddca'.
- German Vicencio12y ago
  Same problem here!
- Zaheer Asar Mahel11y ago
  download itextsharp version 4.1.20 this help you.
- Luis Leon9y ago
  I had the same issue recently, but I search for a solution on Internet and someone recommend to work with iTextSharp.4.1.2, so I downloaded it and it worked for me, also RazorPDF 1.0.0.
Gift Mokoena12y ago
great I will test before the end of today hope I get helped
Naeem Ahmed12y ago
Great Article. Was able to export in 10min. Thanks :)
Abhishek Gupta12y ago
pdf is coming blank
Anjali12y ago
not working in mvc application,using the same code
Balaji Selvarajan12y ago
Good Article
Wayne13y ago
Thanks. This is very helpful! BTW, how can I save the PdfResult to a PDF file?

This article explains how to create a PDF in Razor View using RazorPDF in MVC. RazorDPF is a package that uses iTextSharp internally.

We will create a simple marks card example to see the RazorPDF package. Let's create a ASP.NET MVC 4 project, as shown in Figure 1.1.

Select "ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application" and click on the "OK" button. This brings up the dialog box to select the MVC templates.

Figure 1.1

Select Internet Application template and ensure that Razor is selected as the view engine, as shown in Figure 1.2.

Figure 1.2

Install RazorPdf using NuGet Package Manager

Right-click on the References node in Solution Explorer, as shown in Figure 1.3. Click on "Manage NuGet Packages". This brings up the NuGet Manage Package dialog box, that is used to install the RazorPDF package.

Figure 1.3

The NuGet dialog box lists installed packages by default, so click on the online tab, as shown in Figure 1.4.

Figure 1.4

Type "RazorPDF" in the search bar in the top-right side of NuGet. Once you find the RazorPDF, click on the install button to install the RazorPDF package in your project. Once installation is finished, automatically iTextSharp and RazorPDF will be added as a reference in your project, as shown in Figure 1.5.

Figure 1.5

Create a Marks Card Model

Create a class "MarksCard" to model the marks card.

namespace RazorPDFDemo.Models
{
public classMarksCard
{
public int RollNo
{
get;
set;
}
public string Subject
{
get;
set;
}
public int FullMarks
{
get;
set;
}
public int Obtained { get; set; }
}
}

Once you have created the MarksCard class, build your project. So we can create the strongly typed view.

Create Controller for StudentMarks

Right-click on the Controllers folder then select "Add" -> "Controller", as shown in Figure 1.6.

Figure 1.6

The Controller dialog box will open, as shown in Figure 1.7. Change the controller name to Students and select "Empty API controller" in the Scaffolding template and click on the "Add" button.

Figure 1.7

We will create a list and store some data in the list. See the following code:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using RazorPDFDemo.Models;
namespace RazorPDFDemo.Controllers
{
public class StudentsController : Controller
{
//// GET: /Students/
public ActionResult Index()
{
var studentMarks = new List<MarksCard>()
{
new MarksCard()
{
RollNo = 101, Subject = "C#",
FullMarks = 100, Obtained = 90},new MarksCard() {RollNo = 101, Subject = "asp.net", FullMarks = 100, Obtained = 80},new MarksCard() {RollNo = 101, Subject = "MVC", FullMarks = 100,
Obtained = 100},new MarksCard() {RollNo = 101, Subject = "SQL Server", FullMarks = 100, Obtained = 75},
};
return new RazorPDF.PdfResult(studentMarks, "Index");
}
}
}
}

Now our controller is ready. We need to create a view to display this marks card. Right-click on the Index() controller and click on "Add View". A view dialog box will be displayed, as shown in Figure 1.8. Make sure that Razor is selected in the view engine.

Select MarksCard in the Model class and click on the "Add" button.

Figure 1.8

The view will be created for the marks card. I have done some cosmetic changes in the view to make the look and feel like a marks card, see the following view code:

@model IEnumerable
<RazorPDFDemo.Models.MarksCard>
@{Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<table border="1" width='500' bordercolor="RED">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" bgcolor="LightGreen" align="center" valign="top">SSLC Marks Sheet 2013</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>@{ var rollNumber = Model.Select(z => z.RollNo).Take(1).ToArray();}Riyaz Akhter<br />RollNo:@rollNumber[0]</td>
<td colspan="2" align="left"><img src="@Server.MapPath("~/Images/images.jpg")" width="100" height="100"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">@Html.DisplayNameFor(moel => moel.Subject)</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.FullMarks)</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Obtained)</td>
</tr>
@{int total = 0;}@foreach (var item in Model){
<tr>
<td>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Subject)</td>
<td>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FullMarks)</td>
<td>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Obtained)</td>
</tr>
total += item.Obtained;}
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><strong><font color="GREEN">Total</font></strong></td>
<td>@total</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

In the code above, I have changed the default layout to null and also I have added <html> and <body> tags.

Now your application is ready to run. Once you run the application it will look as in Figure 1.9.

Figure 1.9

Now we will convert this view to PDF. Go to your student controller and make a small change in your controller, as shown in Figure 1.10.

Figure 1.10

Yes, that's it. pdfResult is a method in the RazorPDF class that takes a model object and view name as a parameter or you can pass a model object without an action name if your action name is a PDF.

Now run your application. This time the PDF will be displayed instead of your view, as shown in Figure 1.11.

Figure 1.11

It is very easy to create a PDF using RazorPDF in ASP.NET MVC.