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while downloading html code into pdf in selectpdf software. im getting error saying - "Conversion error: Could not open url".im using selectpdf for converting html code to pdf. what is the base url i have to give .
using SelectPdf;
public partial class HtmlcodePrint : System.Web.UI.Page
{
string TxtHtmlCode;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
TxtHtmlCode = @"<html>
<body>
Hello World from selectpdf.com.
</body>
</html>
";
}
}
protected void Btndownloadpdf_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// read parameters from the webpage
string htmlString = TxtHtmlCode;
string baseUrl = "http://localhost:51868/HtmlcodePrint.aspx";
string pdf_page_size ="A4";
PdfPageSize pageSize = (PdfPageSize)Enum.Parse(typeof(PdfPageSize),
pdf_page_size, true);
string pdf_orientation = "Portrait";
PdfPageOrientation pdfOrientation =
(PdfPageOrientation)Enum.Parse(typeof(PdfPageOrientation),
pdf_orientation, true);
int webPageWidth = 1024;
try
{
webPageWidth = Convert.ToInt32("1024");
}
catch { }
int webPageHeight = 0;
try
{
webPageHeight = Convert.ToInt32("777");
}
catch { }
// instantiate a html to pdf converter object
HtmlToPdf converter = new HtmlToPdf();
// set converter options
converter.Options.PdfPageSize = pageSize;
converter.Options.PdfPageOrientation = pdfOrientation;
converter.Options.WebPageWidth = webPageWidth;
converter.Options.WebPageHeight = webPageHeight;
// create a new pdf document converting an url
PdfDocument doc = converter.ConvertHtmlString(htmlString, baseUrl);
// save pdf document
doc.Save(Response, false, "Sample.pdf");
// close pdf document
doc.Close();
}
}
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I know this is old, but I've been working with SelectPdf for a couple of days, so I'll throw in my 2 cents.
baseUrl...You don't have to give any baseUrl at all to the ConvertHtmlString function. You can just pass it the html string you want to convert and that's it.
You only need to pass it a baseUrl if the html you're converting has relative paths in the external references (example: if you were referencing a stylesheet and wanted to use a relative path, you could provide the baseUrl to show where you wanted the stylesheet to be relative to). It's just so the converter can create the full absolute paths from the relative paths.
If you don't need that functionality or just don't have external references in your html, then you can just use
converter.ConvertHtmlString(htmlString);
doc.Save(Response, false, "Sample.pdf");
may not be what you're looking for either. I only say this because the comments look like the same ones on the examples on the site for SelectPDF, so I'm assuming you copied the code from there (which is what I originally did too), in which case I want to let you know you don't have to save your PDF doc with that particular version of Save. It actually has 3 overloads to allow you to save your doc as:
So, like I pointed out, you're using the one that saves the PDF as a HTTP response, so if you're wanting to save it as an actual PDF file directly, you'll need to change it to
doc.Save(fileName)
with the fileName variable as the absolute or relative path or file name you want to save the PDF to.
Hope this helps
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