Creating PDF file through ASP.NET

Question

What is required to create a PDF file through an ASP.NET application other than Crystal Reports?

Answer 1

You can use iText#, it's based on a similar Java project.

http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/

You don't need Crystal Reports in conjunction with this. If you need something more robust (but pricey), I have used this to great success with complex PDFs:

http://www.pdflib.com/

Answer 2

One possible library is iTextSharp. Apparently iText is a huge deal, but I didn't really see it when working with iTextSharp on a requirement, but that was years ago.

Answer 3

The easiest method is use a third party library. I've used ASPOSE.PDF in the past with good results.

http://www.aspose.com/categories/file-format-components/aspose.pdf-for-.net-and-java/default.aspx

I also tried PDF Sharp, its open source, but wasn't as flexable.

http://pdfsharp.com/PDFsharp/

Answer 4

You have several open source options here.