Save an aspx page as PDF on Server

Asked Aug 17 '16 at 14:49

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Background:

I'm creating aspx pages that I'm able to save as PDF's using the following JavaScript function: window.print();

This brings up the printer option and I can choose to Save As PDF.

Next Step:

I would like to save the PDF's that I generate on the the database.

Problem:

I don't know how to save my page as a PDF so that it can be accessed on my code behind.

Question:

Is there anyone way I can solve my problem using JavaScript/JQuery to send it to the back-end or do straight up do it on the back-end?

Note:

If you refer me to a 3rd party library to do it on the back-end, please explain with an example showing how I could convert the entire page (which links to CSS files) to a pdf just like I would be able to see in the above mentioned Background. Everything I've tried so far leaves me with PDF incorrectly laid out.

Thank you!

asked Aug 17 '16 at 14:49

Barry Michael Doyle

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You won't be able to do this in JavaScript--you'll need to do it server-side. – Dave Aug 17 '16 at 14:50
As mentioned, I'm prepared to do it server side. I just need a way to do the whole page. – Barry Michael Doyle Aug 17 '16 at 14:51
Is the page content populated using dynamically? – Adam Azad Aug 17 '16 at 14:57
If you mean it has asp controls then yes? – Barry Michael Doyle Aug 17 '16 at 15:01
No, I mean that a part of the page is generated with JavaScript. – Adam Azad Aug 17 '16 at 15:05
please also mention what things you have tries so far – Syed Ali Aug 17 '16 at 15:06
Oh, no nothing is generated with JavaScript. There's some noPrint CSS but no JS – Barry Michael Doyle Aug 17 '16 at 15:06
Ok, that excludes using PhantomJS (headless browsers) and leave you with many answers on this network. Too many answers to leave in a comment. On a side note, there are free public APIs that I have used, but I am cannot tell if they respect `@print` CSS query. [Convert HTML + CSS to PDF with PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/391005/2151050) – Adam Azad Aug 17 '16 at 15:10
I'm not using PHP though – Barry Michael Doyle Aug 17 '16 at 15:17

Save an aspx page as PDF on Server

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