Extra blank page when converting HTML to PDF using abcPDF

Question

I have an HTML report, with each print page contained by a <div class="page">. The page class is defined as

width: 180mm;
height: 250mm;
page-break-after: always;
background-position: centre top;
background-image: url(Images/MainBanner.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-top: 30mm;

After making a few changes to my report content, when I call abcPDF to convert the report to PDF, suddenly I'm getting a blank page inserted after every real report page. I don't want to roll back the changes I've just made to remove this problem, so I'm hoping someone may know why the extra pages are being inserted.

Answer 1

I have experienced the same exact problem. the empty page is due to the page-break-after: always; in the CSS. Not just ABCpdf but also the printed will spit out an extra page. So I used the following code to eliminate the last page: MyDoc.Delete(MyDoc.Page);

This however lead to a different kind of a problem. On development server, which has IE 8 I get an extra blank page and on production where I have IE6, I get no extra blank page. So I have emailed the support team at websupergoo to show me a way to look for a blank page. The idea is to iterate through a pdf and identify all blank pages and delete them using above logic.

And I second Jakkwylde's opinion. Websupergoo folks are extremely helpful and prompt in responding. I had another problem getting ABCpdf to work under 64 bit and had spent almost a day trying to figure it out. They provided me multiple scenarios which I could try out. Their support was right on the money and I got my app up and running in minutes.

Answer 2

protected void RemoveBlankPages(Doc pdf)
{
    for (int i = pdf.PageCount; i > 0; i--)
    {
        pdf.PageNumber = i;

        //get the pdf content
        string textContent = pdf.GetText("Text");

        //delete the page if it is blank
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(textContent))
            pdf.Delete(pdf.Page);
    }
}