/// <summary>
/// Configure and render the pdf
/// </summary>
/// <param name="optionalGlobalSettings">General configuration settings. Can be null</param>
/// <param name="viewsToRenderString">A dictionary that passes the name of the view and the object to a string</param>
/// <param name="hasPagesCount">A bool that is meant to say if the PDF will have a page counter or not</param>
/// <param name="optionalWebSettings">Web configurations such as enabling JavaScript, setting a background or image. Can be null</param>
/// <param name="optionalHeaderSettings">The text and it's configurations that goes on the header. Can be null</param>
/// <param name="optionalFooterSettings">The text and it's configurations that goes on the footer. Can be null</param>
/// <returns>HtmlToPdfDocument</returns>
public async Task <HtmlToPdfDocument> RenderPdf(GlobalSettings optionalGlobalSettings, Dictionary <string, object> viewsToRenderString, bool hasPagesCount, WebSettings optionalWebSettings, HeaderSettings optionalHeaderSettings, FooterSettings optionalFooterSettings)
{
// If the WebSettings is null, set it to a default
if (optionalWebSettings == null)
{
optionalWebSettings = new WebSettings {
DefaultEncoding = "utf-8"
}
}
;
// Intance of HtmlToPdfDocument to set the GlobalSettings
HtmlToPdfDocument htmlToPdfDocument = new HtmlToPdfDocument()
{
GlobalSettings = optionalGlobalSettings
};
// A loop that will go through each view and will add it to a object list with its own data
foreach (var item in viewsToRenderString)
{
htmlToPdfDocument.Objects.Add(new ObjectSettings
{
PagesCount = hasPagesCount,
HtmlContent = await _viewRender.RenderToStringAsync(item.Key, item.Value),
WebSettings = optionalWebSettings,
HeaderSettings = optionalHeaderSettings,
FooterSettings = optionalFooterSettings
});
}
// Return the PDF
return(htmlToPdfDocument);
}
}