itextsharp does not care my html styles

Question

I create a panel in my page and i create dynamically divs and tables in page. When I convert to pdf with itextsharp it does not care my div or table styles and it gives me nasty look. How can I fix this. Here is my code to convert html.

String HTML = Session["xpdf"].ToString();
string filename = "\\xpdf\\xpdf____" + Request.QueryString["id"] + ".pdf";
string filepath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("\\xpdf\\xpdf____" + Request.QueryString["id"] + ".pdf");
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create));
document.Open();
HTMLWorker hw = new HTMLWorker(document);
hw.Parse(new StringReader(HTML));
document.Close();
ShowPdf(filename, filepath);
PdfAction action = new PdfAction(PdfAction.PRINTDIALOG);

and consider my html code looks like that:

<div>
   <table style="border:solid 1px #ccc; color:#000;">
      <tr>
          <td style="width:100px;color:#cc0000;"></td>
          <td style="width:10px">:</td>
          <td style="width:200px"></td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</div>

There are many similar questions that might help you, have you seen [this](http://stackoverflow.com/q/430280/944681) or [this](http://stackoverflow.com/q/5321779/944681)? — Michal Klouda, Jul 29 '13 at 08:07
Also, remember that `HTMLWorker` is deprecated and not supported anymore. Its replacement is the much more versatile [`XMLWorker`](http://demo.itextsupport.com/xmlworker/). — Alexis Pigeon, Jul 29 '13 at 08:17
better use pechkin i also had many problems in itextsharp but once i got pechkin everything became easy — Alok, Jul 29 '13 at 08:20
@AlexisPigeon thanks, I didn't know HTMLWorker does not support anymore. I fixed my code with XMLWorker. — Kadir, Jul 29 '13 at 15:01

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '13 at 15:02

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Here is fixed new code.

Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create));
document.Open();
HTMLWorker hw = new HTMLWorker(document);
StringReader sr = new StringReader(HTML);
XMLWorkerHelper.GetInstance().ParseXHtml(writer, document, sr);
//hw.Parse(new StringReader(HTML));
document.Close();
ShowPdf(filename, filepath);
PdfAction action = new PdfAction(PdfAction.PRINTDIALOG);

answered Jul 29 '13 at 15:02

Kadir

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This is not an answer, and should not be posted as such. Please [edit your question](http://stackoverflow.com/posts/17918642/edit) instead. – Alexis Pigeon Jul 29 '13 at 15:14
Or maybe you mean that using XMLWorker actually fixed the issue? – Alexis Pigeon Jul 29 '13 at 15:16
Actually i just try this and everything was ok. I didn't change anything except adding XMLWorkerHelper line and StreamReader one. – Kadir Jul 29 '13 at 19:04
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Brilliant! Then consider accepting your own answer, so that future readers will understand it fixes the issue. – Alexis Pigeon Jul 29 '13 at 22:26
I understand that this is not a proper answer to the posted question. @AlexisPigeon – Dip Surani Apr 14 '20 at 09:42

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