save ASP.NET page as PDF and iTextsharp

Question

I want to save my ASP.NET page as a PDF, but I don't want to use response.write because I don't want to return it to the client. I want to save the PDF on the SERVER SIDE.

 protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   //code below saves current ASP.NET page as PDF and returns save dialog to client on where to download PDF
    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);

    this.Page.RenderControl(hw);

    StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString());

    Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 100f, 0f);

    HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);

    PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);

    pdfDoc.Open();
    htmlparser.Parse(sr);
    pdfDoc.Close();

    Response.Write(pdfDoc);
    Response.End();

}

How do I just save the PDF?

Answer 1

How do I just save the PDF?

If you want to save the pdf to the file system, simply supply an appropriate FileStream to the PdfWriter.GetInstance call instead of your Response.OutputStream .

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By the way, your line

Response.Write(pdfDoc);

results in trash in the response, the Document pdfDoc doesn't wrap or otherwise contain the result PDF, it merely provides an API to add content to the pdf.