/// <summary>
/// Action Method using viewAsPdf class to create view as pdf
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public ActionResult DownloadPdf()
{
try
{
var model = new GeneratePDFModel();
//get the information to display in pdf from database
//for the time
//Hard coding values are here, these are the content to display in pdf
var content = "<h2>WOW Rotativa<h2>" +
"<p>Ohh This is very easy to generate pdf using Rotativa <p>";
var logoFile = @"/Images/logo.png";
model.PDFContent = content;
model.PDFLogo = Server.MapPath(logoFile);
string footer = "--footer-right \"Date: [date] [time]\" " + "--footer-center \"Page: [page] of [toPage]\" --footer-line --footer-font-size \"9\" --footer-spacing 5 --footer-font-name \"calibri light\"";
//Use ViewAsPdf Class to generate pdf using GeneratePDF.cshtml view
return new Rotativa.ViewAsPdf("GeneratePDF", model)
{
FileName = "firstPdf.pdf",
CustomSwitches = footer,
CustomHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Test", "Title" } }
};
}
catch
{
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// using partial view for pdf generation
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public ActionResult DownloadPartialViewPDF()
{
var model = new GeneratePDFModel();
//hard coded value for test purpose
var content = "<h2>PDF Created<h2>" +
"<p>Ohh This is very easy to generate pdf using Rotativa<p>";
var logoFile = @"/Images/logo.png";
model.PDFContent = content;
model.PDFLogo = Server.MapPath(logoFile);
return new Rotativa.PartialViewAsPdf("_PartialViewTest", model) { FileName = "partialViewAsPdf.pdf" };
}
/// <summary>
/// Action method to return view as pdf
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public ActionResult GeneratePDF(string name = "there")
{
try
{
var model = new GeneratePDFModel();
//Your data from db
//hard coded value for test purpose
var content = "<h2>PDF Created<h2>" +
"<p>Ohh This is very easy to generate pdf using Rotativa<p>";
var logoFile = @"/Images/logo.png";
model.PDFContent = content;
model.PDFLogo = Server.MapPath(logoFile);
model.Name = name;
return View(model);
}
catch
{
throw;
}
}