ITextsharp not displaying ARABIC data when converting html table data to PDF

Question

I am making a report.following is a code and sample.I am using html table for reports.When I run the code pdf is successfully generated but Arabic is not showing.Can you guide me how can i embed Arabic in it.Can you modify my following code which shows arabic data.

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=TestPage.pdf");
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
tblid1.RenderControl(hw);
StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString());
Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 80f, 80f, -2f, 35f);
HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
pdfDoc.Open();
htmlparser.Parse(sr);
pdfDoc.Close();
Response.Write(pdfDoc);
Response.End();

<table id="tblid1" runat="server">

<tr>

   <td>سلطانالخارج</td>

<td>مسندم</td>

</tr>

</table>

possible duplicate of [Display Unicode characters in converting Html to Pdf](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10329863/display-unicode-characters-in-converting-html-to-pdf) — Chris Haas, Jul 25 '14 at 22:55
I am not gentrating html using string builder.My html is in .aspx page not in the code behind file — user3878407, Jul 25 '14 at 23:10
Doesn't matter. iTextSharp has no concept of ASP.Net, controls, code-behind, etc. You need to feed it a string that represents valid HTML. You are also using the old and no longer maintained HTMLWorker, I would recommend that you switch to XMLWorker. — Chris Haas, Jul 26 '14 at 19:52
Yes. Although the name is deceiving it is where all HTML and CSS parsing efforts are being placed. — Chris Haas, Jul 26 '14 at 20:03
I am add refrence of iTextSharp.xml in visual studio for xmlWorker.A messagebox appear itextsharp.xml could not be added which refrence I will use for using in asp.net c# — user3878407, Jul 26 '14 at 20:13
using iTextSharp.text.xml.simpleparser; BUT xml worker not found — user3878407, Jul 26 '14 at 20:15
check this question that may help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16080741/convert-arabicunicode-content-html-or-xml-to-pdf-using-itextsharp — Mohamed Salah, Jul 27 '15 at 14:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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You would need to embed a font into your pdf that supports arabic glyphs.

string fontpath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable( "SystemRoot" ) + "\\fonts\\arabtype.ttf";
BaseFont basefont = BaseFont.CreateFont( fontpath, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED );
Font arabicFont = new Font( basefont, 10f, Font.NORMAL );

Answer found in thread: Itextsharp and arabic character?

EDIT: This is how I would do it based on the examples I could find and what you're trying to accomplish:

using(WebClient client = new WebClient()) {
   string htmlString = client.DownloadString(url);
}

FontFactory.Register("c:/windows/fonts/arabtype.TTF"); 
StyleSheet style = new StyleSheet();
style.LoadTagStyle("body", "face", "%NAME OF ARABIC FONT%");
style.LoadTagStyle("body", "encoding", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);
using (Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 80f, 80f, -2f, 35f)) {
  PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(
    document, Response.OutputStream
  );
  document.Open();
  foreach(IElement element in HTMLWorker.ParseToList(
      new StringReader(htmlString), style))
  {
    document.Add(element);
  }
}

Note that you would need to ensure you are registering the correct TTF file that contains the encoding for arabic characters and that you would need to replace %NAME OF ARABIC FONT% with the name of the font you're using, and replace %VARIABLE CONTAINING YOUR RAW HTML% with the actual HTML.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Jul 25 '14 at 20:44

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but how can i use arabicFont variable.I am direct convert html to pdf not making a cell.If you have example please share – user3878407 Jul 25 '14 at 21:13
Acctually i want to fetch the data of html table through id and want to render it itext sharp.My all html is in front end .aspx file not in the code behind file – user3878407 Jul 25 '14 at 21:42
tblid.ToString() is not work in HTMLWorker.ParseToList( new StringReader(tblid.ToString()), style)) – user3878407 Jul 25 '14 at 21:43
Then you would read your html in to a string with something like: using(WebClient client = new WebClient()) { string s = client.DownloadString(url); } – c0r3yz Jul 25 '14 at 21:48
replace %NAME OF ARABIC FONT% with the name of the font you're using – c0r3yz Jul 25 '14 at 21:51
this is not downloading – user3878407 Jul 25 '14 at 23:40
How can i download this – user3878407 Jul 26 '14 at 00:02
You still need to write the code and update it to implement an actual font that has the encoding you want. – c0r3yz Jul 28 '14 at 18:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '15 at 06:57

var arialFontPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Fonts), "ARIALUNI.TTF");
            FontFactory.Register(arialFontPath);
            BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(arialFontPath, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true);
            iTextSharp.text.Font FontAr = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf);
            iTextSharp.text.FontFactory.RegisterDirectory(arialFontPath);

StyleSheet styles = new StyleSheet();
            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.DIV, HtmlTags.FONTSIZE, "16");
            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.DIV, HtmlTags.COLOR, "navy");
            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.DIV, HtmlTags.FONTWEIGHT, "bold");
            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.P, HtmlTags.INDENT, "30px");
            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.BODY, HtmlTags.FACE, "Arial Unicode MS");
            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.BODY, HtmlTags.ENCODING, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);

 List<IElement> htmlarraylist = HTMLWorker.ParseToList(new StringReader(htmlText), styles);
                for (int k = 0; k < htmlarraylist.Count; k++)
                {
                    pdfDocument.Add((IElement)htmlarraylist[k]);
                }

this piece of code worked for me, arabic language works perfect in this, just pass your html text to my htmltext Variable..

Hopefully it will work fine.

ITextsharp not displaying ARABIC data when converting html table data to PDF

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