Winnovative HTML to PDF Converter can be configured to convert HTML form elements like radio buttons, check boxes, text boxes and buttons to PDF form fields by simply turning on the PdfFormOptionsAutoPdfFormEnabled option. An object of PdfFormOptions type is exposed by the HtmlToPdfConverterPdfFormOptions property.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using System.Drawing;
// Use Winnovative Namespace
using Winnovative;
namespace WnvHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.HTML_to_PDF.PDF_Forms
{
public class Auto_Create_PDF_FormsController : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ConvertHtmlToPdf(IFormCollection collection)
{
// Create a HTML to PDF converter object with default settings
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();
// 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 = "fvDh8eDx4fHg4P/h8eLg/+Dj/+jo6Og=";
// 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;
// Enable the automatic conversion of the HTML form to a PDF form
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.AutoPdfFormEnabled = collection["createPdfFormCheckBox"].Count > 0;
// Set the submit buttons style
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.SubmitButtonStyle.BackColor = Color.Beige;
// Set the style of various types of text boxes
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.TextBoxStyle.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue;
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.PasswordTextBoxStyle.BackColor = Color.MistyRose;
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.MultilineTextBoxStyle.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue;
// Set the radio buttons style
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.RadioButtonsGroupStyle.BackColor = Color.AntiqueWhite;
// Set the checkboxes styles
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.CheckBoxStyle.BackColor = Color.AntiqueWhite;
// set the drop down lists style
htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.ComboBoxStyle.BackColor = Color.LightCyan;
byte[] outPdfBuffer = null;
if (collection["HtmlPageSource"] == "convertHtmlRadioButton")
{
// Convert a HTML string to a PDF document with form fields
string htmlWithForm = collection["htmlStringTextBox"];
outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertHtml(htmlWithForm, String.Empty);
}
else
{
// Convert the HTML page to a PDF document with form fields
string url = collection["urlTextBox"];
outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(url);
}
// Send the PDF file to browser
FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Auto_Create_PDF_Forms.pdf";
return fileResult;
}
}
}