Tool or method to download any section of MSDN documentation and convert to pdf?

Question

Reading the online MSDN docs is a great way to learn more about .NET and other MS technologies. However sometimes I need to read it in an offline mode, like when using an eReader.

Is there a tool, software or some code which can be used to download a section of the MSDN library and convert it to a pdf, by starting from a url in the msdn docs?

Say i want to download the whole section about WCF and the tool would, intelligently, download that part of the MSDN and convert it to pdf? The hyperlinks in the docs need not be followed. They usually point to other subsections in the main section and they will get downloaded during the process.

Answer 1

See the answers on this forum. May be of help to you.

Answer 2

For single entries you can:

Install PDFCreator from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

It will then give you a virtual printer driver, that will appear like a normal printer.

From your print option in your browser print your document to a pdf file (or actually any of the other formats on offer).

Don't know any easy way to grab larger subsections.

If you printed multiple sections this way you could then merge them together into a single pdf by using http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/.

Answer 3

Do we have a solution for this one? Im looking for a similar functionality, mainly for getting the MSDN design guidelines in a single document for future referal.