Winnovative HTML to PDF Converter can embed the fonts in the generated PDF document to ensure the PDF document is using the same fonts on any computer where the document is displayed. The API property which controls the fonts embedding in the generated PDF document is PdfDocumentOptionsEmbedFonts. An object of PdfDocumentOptions type is exposed by the HtmlToPdfConverterPdfDocumentOptions property.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
// Use Winnovative Namespace
using WinnovativeClient;
namespace WnvHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers
{
public class Embed_Fonts_in_PDFController : Controller
{
// GET: Embed_Fonts_in_PDF
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ConvertHtmlToPdf(IFormCollection collection)
{
// Get the server options
string serverIP = collection["textBoxServerIP"];
uint serverPort = uint.Parse(collection["textBoxServerPort"]);
string servicePassword = collection["textBoxServicePassword"];
bool useServicePassword = servicePassword.Length > 0;
bool useTcpService = collection["ServerType"] == "radioButtonUseTcpService";
string webServiceUrl = collection["textBoxWebServiceUrl"];
// Create the HTML to PDF converter object
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null;
if (useTcpService)
htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort);
else
htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, webServiceUrl);
// Set optional service password
if (useServicePassword)
htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = servicePassword;
// Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode
// Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode
htmlToPdfConverter.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c=";
// Set an adddional delay in seconds to wait for JavaScript or AJAX calls after page load completed
// Set this property to 0 if you don't need to wait for such asynchcronous operations to finish
htmlToPdfConverter.ConversionDelay = 2;
// Set if the fonts are embedded in the generated PDF document
// Leave it not set to embed the fonts in the generated PDF document
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.EmbedFonts = collection["embedFontsCheckBox"].Count > 0;
// The buffer to receive the generated PDF document
byte[] outPdfBuffer = null;
if (collection["HtmlPageSource"] == "convertUrlRadioButton")
{
string url = collection["urlTextBox"];
// Convert the HTML page given by an URL to a PDF document in a memory buffer
outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(url);
}
else
{
string htmlString = collection["htmlStringTextBox"];
string baseUrl = collection["baseUrlTextBox"];
// Convert a HTML string with a base URL to a PDF document in a memory buffer
outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertHtml(htmlString, baseUrl);
}
// Send the PDF file to browser
FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Embed_Fonts_in_PDF.pdf";
return fileResult;
}
}
}