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  #1  
Old November 18th, 2005, 02:01 AM
MeDhanush
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Hi Guys,

Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
ASP.NET.
I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
First of all, can it be done without using any third party component ?
If not what are best components ?

Thanks for your advices.
Kishore
  #2  
Old November 18th, 2005, 02:01 AM
Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]
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re: Generate PDF from ASP.NET


Hi Kishore,

There are quite a few .Net implementations of PDF creators, some commercial
and some open source.

I've had fairly good success with this one:

http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net


"MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
>
> Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
> ASP.NET.
> I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
> I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
> First of all, can it be done without using any third party component ?
> If not what are best components ?
>
> Thanks for your advices.
> Kishore[/color]

  #3  
Old November 18th, 2005, 02:01 AM
David Bartosik - MS MVP
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re: Generate PDF from ASP.NET


adding to Ken's post, I've been evaluating activepdf (www.activepdf.com), it
looks pretty robust so far.

--
David Bartosik - Microsoft MVP
Visit www.davidbartosik.com
for Publisher and Web Design
Tips and How-to's.

"MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:15e9d0f4.0312240520.4ce02c5@posting.google.co m...[color=blue]
> Hi Guys,
>
> Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
> ASP.NET.
> I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
> I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
> First of all, can it be done without using any third party component ?
> If not what are best components ?
>
> Thanks for your advices.
> Kishore[/color]


  #4  
Old November 18th, 2005, 02:05 AM
MeDhanush
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re: Generate PDF from ASP.NET


Ken\David,

Thanks for the replies.
Based on my requirement ( i did't mention it in the original posting,
sorry for that),
1. iTextSharp is currently only ver 0.04, so i really don't like to go
PROD with 0.04. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
But the good part is, it is developed in c#
2.activepdf did't mention about development platform, whether they
developed it in c# or using interop.( or I may be missing the link to
web page)

I'm really looking for a managed pdf converter.

So, my shot would be for one of the following
1.Dynamic PDF
a.DynamicPDF™ Generator.NET
http://dynamicpdf.com/Products/Generator.NET/
2.Siberix
a.PDF Library http://www.siberix.com/pdf/index.html
b.Frame Set http://www.siberix.com/frameset/index.html

Can you guys pl comment on this.

Thanks again
Kishore


"David Bartosik - MS MVP" <dbartosik@mvps.org> wrote in message news:<O3zuJniyDHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...[color=blue]
> adding to Ken's post, I've been evaluating activepdf (www.activepdf.com), it
> looks pretty robust so far.
>
> --
> David Bartosik - Microsoft MVP
> Visit www.davidbartosik.com
> for Publisher and Web Design
> Tips and How-to's.
>
> "MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:15e9d0f4.0312240520.4ce02c5@posting.google.co m...[color=green]
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
> > ASP.NET.
> > I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
> > I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
> > First of all, can it be done without using any third party component ?
> > If not what are best components ?
> >
> > Thanks for your advices.
> > Kishore[/color][/color]
  #5  
Old November 18th, 2005, 02:06 AM
Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]
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re: Generate PDF from ASP.NET


I've found iTextSharp to be quite stable and I use it in a production
environment.

The advantage is that if you find a bug, you have the source code so you can
fix it.

"MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:15e9d0f4.0312241242.1acf74e7@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> Ken\David,
>
> Thanks for the replies.
> Based on my requirement ( i did't mention it in the original posting,
> sorry for that),
> 1. iTextSharp is currently only ver 0.04, so i really don't like to go
> PROD with 0.04. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
> But the good part is, it is developed in c#
> 2.activepdf did't mention about development platform, whether they
> developed it in c# or using interop.( or I may be missing the link to
> web page)
>
> I'm really looking for a managed pdf converter.
>
> So, my shot would be for one of the following
> 1.Dynamic PDF
> a.DynamicPDF™ Generator.NET
> http://dynamicpdf.com/Products/Generator.NET/
> 2.Siberix
> a.PDF Library http://www.siberix.com/pdf/index.html
> b.Frame Set http://www.siberix.com/frameset/index.html
>
> Can you guys pl comment on this.
>
> Thanks again
> Kishore
>
>
> "David Bartosik - MS MVP" <dbartosik@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:<O3zuJniyDHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...[color=green]
>> adding to Ken's post, I've been evaluating activepdf (www.activepdf.com),
>> it
>> looks pretty robust so far.
>>
>> --
>> David Bartosik - Microsoft MVP
>> Visit www.davidbartosik.com
>> for Publisher and Web Design
>> Tips and How-to's.
>>
>> "MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:15e9d0f4.0312240520.4ce02c5@posting.google.co m...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi Guys,
>> >
>> > Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
>> > ASP.NET.
>> > I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
>> > I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
>> > First of all, can it be done without using any third party component ?
>> > If not what are best components ?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your advices.
>> > Kishore[/color][/color][/color]

  #6  
Old November 18th, 2005, 02:47 AM
Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]
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re: Generate PDF from ASP.NET


Hi Kishore,

I see you got the answer from the iTextSharp author. Just for anyone
following this thread or picking it through a search, here's Gerald Henson's
reply:

"Just generate a key file using sn.exe, set the location of the key file in
the assemblyinfo.cs file of the itextsharp project, then rebuild. "

Ken


"MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:15e9d0f4.0401061411.652d1f75@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the help of previous postings..,
> When I'm building the application along with itextsharp.dll, VS.NET
> complaining that this dll is not signed.
>
> My application has .snk file.
>
> I don't think I can sign itextsharp.dll.
>
> Is there any way I can suppress this signature checking or is it
> technically all the DLL's needs to signed, if my application has a
> .snk ?
>
> TIA
> Kishore
>
> "Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BANSPAMken_cox@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:<ORJgKenyDHA.3116@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...[color=green]
>> I've found iTextSharp to be quite stable and I use it in a production
>> environment.
>>
>> The advantage is that if you find a bug, you have the source code so you
>> can
>> fix it.
>>
>> "MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:15e9d0f4.0312241242.1acf74e7@posting.google.c om...[color=darkred]
>> > Ken\David,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the replies.
>> > Based on my requirement ( i did't mention it in the original posting,
>> > sorry for that),
>> > 1. iTextSharp is currently only ver 0.04, so i really don't like to go
>> > PROD with 0.04. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
>> > But the good part is, it is developed in c#
>> > 2.activepdf did't mention about development platform, whether they
>> > developed it in c# or using interop.( or I may be missing the link to
>> > web page)
>> >
>> > I'm really looking for a managed pdf converter.
>> >
>> > So, my shot would be for one of the following
>> > 1.Dynamic PDF
>> > a.DynamicPDF? Generator.NET
>> > http://dynamicpdf.com/Products/Generator.NET/
>> > 2.Siberix
>> > a.PDF Library http://www.siberix.com/pdf/index.html
>> > b.Frame Set http://www.siberix.com/frameset/index.html
>> >
>> > Can you guys pl comment on this.
>> >
>> > Thanks again
>> > Kishore
>> >
>> >
>> > "David Bartosik - MS MVP" <dbartosik@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> > news:<O3zuJniyDHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
>> >> adding to Ken's post, I've been evaluating activepdf
>> >> (www.activepdf.com),
>> >> it
>> >> looks pretty robust so far.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> David Bartosik - Microsoft MVP
>> >> Visit www.davidbartosik.com
>> >> for Publisher and Web Design
>> >> Tips and How-to's.
>> >>
>> >> "MeDhanush" <medhanush@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:15e9d0f4.0312240520.4ce02c5@posting.google.co m...
>> >> > Hi Guys,
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone pl direct me on how to generate a PDF document from
>> >> > ASP.NET.
>> >> > I know it can be done using Crystal Reports.
>> >> > I'm looking for any other alternative approaches.
>> >> > First of all, can it be done without using any third party component
>> >> > ?
>> >> > If not what are best components ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your advices.
>> >> > Kishore[/color][/color][/color]

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