EVO HTML to PDF Converter

HtmlToImageConverter Class

EVO PDF Client for .NET Documentation
This class offers the necessary methods to create a raster image from a web page at given URL or from a HTML string. The generated image can be saved into a memory buffer or into a file
Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  EvoPdf.HtmlToPdfClientHtmlToImageConverter

Namespace:  EvoPdf.HtmlToPdfClient
Assembly:  EvoHtmlToPdfClient (in EvoHtmlToPdfClient.dll) Version: 9.0.0.0 (9.0.0.0)
Syntax

public class HtmlToImageConverter

The HtmlToImageConverter type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  NameDescription
Public methodHtmlToImageConverter
Constructs a HTML to Image converter which will connect to localhost on the default port
Public methodHtmlToImageConverter(String)
Constructs a HTML to Image converter which will connect to the server specified by IP or by name on the default port
Public methodHtmlToImageConverter(UInt32)
Constructs a HTML to Image converter which will connect to localhost on the specified port
Public methodHtmlToImageConverter(Boolean, String)
Constructs a HTML to Image converter which will connect to a web service URL
Public methodHtmlToImageConverter(String, UInt32)
Constructs a HTML to Image converter which will connect to the server specified by IP or by name on the specified port
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Properties

  NameDescription
Public propertyAuthenticationOptions
This property can be set with an username and a password in order to authenticate to the web server before accessing the URL to be converted in HTML to Image converter. They can be used for example to resolve the IIS Integrated Windows Authentication or other types of IIS authentication.
Public propertyClientProxy
You can set this property with an object implementing the IWebProxy interface to be used when accessing the HTML to Image Web Service through a proxy server. This property does not have any effect when using a TCP Service
Public propertyClipHtmlView
If the HTML content is not entirely visible in the HTML viewer of the HTML to Image converter at the specified width, the ClipHtmlView property will control whether the HTML content is clipped or the HTML viewer width is automatically extended to make visible the whole HTML content. The HTML viewer width is given by the HtmlViewerWidth property. The default value of this property is false.
Public propertyConversionDelay
An additional time in seconds to wait for asynchronous items to be completely loaded or for a web page redirect to finish before starting the rendering in HTML to Image converter. Default value is 2.
Public propertyDefaultHtmlEncoding
The default HTML document text encoding to be used if there is no charset meta tag defined in the HTML document. By default this property is not set and an auto determined text encoding will be used by converter
Public propertyDownloadAllResources
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the HTML to Image converter should try to download all the resources even if this could cause a slower conversion. The default value is false.
Public propertyEnable3DTransformations
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the accelerated CSS 3D transformations are enabled in the HTML to Image converter. The default value is false
Public propertyEnableAccelerated2DCanvas
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the accelerated 2D canvas is enabled in the HTML to Image converter. The default value is false
Public propertyEnableHttp2
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the HTTP2 protocol is enabled in HTML to Image converter. The property has effect only in NE version of the library. The default value is false
Public propertyEnablePersistentStorage
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the persistent local storage is enabled in the HTML to Image converter. The default value is false
Public propertyEnableWebGL
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the WebGL is enabled in the HTML to Image converter. The default value is false
Public propertyExtensionsEnabled
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the HTML viewer extensions are executed during the HTML to Image conversion. The default value is false and no extension is executed. The Flash player for Mozilla Firefox must be installed in order to execute the flash content from HTML
Public propertyHtmlViewerHeight
Gets or sets the HTML viewer height in pixels in the HTML to Image converter. If the specified HTML viewer height is 0 the HTML viewer height will be automatically determined based on the HTML content and the HTML viewer width in order to make visible the whole HTML content. The HTML viewer width is given by the HtmlViewerWidth property. If the HTML content is not entirely visible in the HTML viewer at the specified width, the ClipHtmlView property will control whether the HTML content is clipped or the HTML viewer width is automatically extended to make visible the whole HTML content. The HTML viewer height can also be specified in the HtmlToImageConverter class contructor. The default value is 0 to automatically determine the HTML viewer height based on the HTML content and the HTML viewer width.
Public propertyHtmlViewerWidth
Gets or sets the preferred HTML viewer width in pixels in the HTML to Image converter. If the HTML content is not entirely visible in the HTML viewer at the specified width, the ClipHtmlView property will control whether the HTML content is clipped or the HTML viewer width is automatically extended to make visible the whole HTML content. By default the ClipHtmlView property is false and the HTML viewer is automatically extended in width to make visible the whole HTML content. The HTML viewer width can also be specified in the HtmlToImageConverter class constructor. The default value is 1024 pixels.
Public propertyHtmlViewerZoom
Gets or sets the HTML viewer zoom percentage in HTML to Image Converter similar to zoom level in a browser. The default value of this property is 100
Public propertyHttpPostFields
Returns the collection of HTTP POST fields to be used when accessing a web page in the HTML to Image converter. If there are elements in collection then the converter will make a POST request to the web page URL with the fields from this collection, otherwise it will make a GET request
Public propertyHttpRequestCookies
Gets a collection of custom HTTP cookies to be sent by the HTML to Image converter to the web server when the web page to convert and the resources (image, css, etc) referenced by the web page are requested. A cookie is defined by a name and a value pair that can be added to the collection using the Add(String, String) method of the HttpRequestCookies property.
Public propertyHttpRequestHeaders
Gets a collection of custom HTTP headers to be sent by the HTML to Image converter to the web server when the web page is requested from a URL. A custom HTTP header is defined by a name and a value pair that can be added to the collection using the Add(String, String) method of the HttpRequestHeaders property. The PersistentHttpRequestHeaders property can be set on true to instruct the converter to send the custom headers each time an external resource (image, css, etc) referenced by the web page is requested. By default the PersistentHttpRequestHeaders property is false and the custom headers are not automatically sent to the web server when the web page resources are requested. The custom HTTP headers can be used to define cookies, authentication options, URL referrer or any other HTTP header to be sent to the web browser. The preferred method to send cookies is to use the HttpRequestCookies property.
Public propertyImagePartSize
Gets or sets the maximum height in pixels of an image part in HTML to Image converter
Public propertyImpersonationOptions
The impersonation options applied during navigation in HTML to Image converter
Public propertyInitialHtmlViewerHeight
Gets or sets the initial height in pixels of the HTML viewer in HTML to Image converter. This value of this property is ignored if the HtmlViewerHeight property is set
Public propertyInterruptSlowJavaScript
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the slow JavaScript script should be interrupted in HTML to Image converter. The default value is false and the scripts are not interrupted
Public propertyJavaScriptEnabled
A flag indicating if JavaScript execution is enabled in HTML to Image converter. The default is true
Public propertyLicenseKey
Gets or sets the license key string received from the vendor in HTML to Image converter. If this property is null the converter will automatically enter in evaluation mode and a demo watermark will be displayed on the generated image.
Public propertyLocalFilesAccessEnabled
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the access to local files is enabled in the HTML to Image converter. The default value is true
Public propertyManualTriggeringConversionDelay
An additional time in seconds to wait after manual triggering before starting the rendering in HTML to Image converter. Default value is 2.
Public propertyMaxHtmlViewerHeight
Gets or sets the maximum height in pixels to be rendered from the HTML document by the HTML to Image converter. The default value is 0 and the entire HTML document is rendered
Public propertyMediaType
Gets or sets the media type of the HTML document used by the HTML to Image converter. The default media type is 'screen'. If you set this property with 'print' then the CSS properties defined in '@media print' rule will be used to render the document
Public propertyMinHtmlViewerHeight
Gets or sets the minimum height in pixels to be rendered from HTML document by the HTML to Image converter. This value of this property is ignored if the HtmlViewerHeight property is set
Public propertyNavigationTimeout
The HTML to Image converter navigation timeout in seconds. Default value is 60.
Public propertyNavigatorUserAgent
The custom user agent to be used when accessing the HTML page. When this property is null or empty the default user agent is used
Public propertyPersistentHttpRequestHeaders
The PersistentHttpRequestHeaders property can be set on true to instruct the HTML to Image converter to send the custom headers defined by the HttpRequestHeaders property each time an external resource (image, css, etc) referenced by the web page is requested. The default value of this property is true and the custom headers are automatically sent to the web server when the web page resources are requested.
Public propertyPort
The HTML to Image server port number
Public propertyPrerenderEnabled
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the HTML to Image converter should perform a pre-rendering. The default value is false
Public propertyProxyOptions
Gets a reference to an object encapsulating the proxy options used by HTML to Image converter to access the HTML document to convert.
Public propertyRenderedHtmlElementSelector
Get or set the CSS selector of the HTML element to be rendered by the HTML to Image converter. If the selector selects multiple HTML elements, only the the first one will be converted. The CSS selector is case sensitive. If this property is not set then the entire HTML document is rendered
Public propertyServer
The HTML to Image server IP or name
Public propertyServicePassword
Gets or sets the HTML to PDF converter service password. You have to set this property if the HTML to PDF service is password protected.
Public propertySvgFontsEnabled
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the SVG fonts are enabled in HTML during HTML to Image conversion. The default value is true
Public propertyTiledImageEnabled
A flag indicating if the image captured by converter is tiled. The default value is true
Public propertyTransparentBackground
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the resulted image will have a transparent background when converting a HTML document without a defined background color or image. This property is false by default
Public propertyTriggeringMode
The conversion triggering mode used by the HTML to Image converter. The default value is ConversionDelay.
Public propertyUseWebService
A flag indicating if the client library will call the Web service or the TCP service to perform the HTML to Image conversion
Public propertyWebFontsEnabled
Gets or sets a flag indicating if the Web Fonts are enabled in HTML during the HTML to Image conversion. The default value is true
Public propertyWebServiceUrl
The HTML to Image web service URL
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Methods

  NameDescription
Public methodConvertHtml
Converts a HTML string to an image having the given format using a base URL to resolve external resources and returns the rendered image into a memory buffer
Public methodConvertHtmlToFile
Converts a HTML string to an image having the given format using a base URL to resolve external resources and writes the rendered image into a file
Public methodConvertHtmlToImageTiles
Converts a HTML string to a set of images using a base URL to resolve external resources. The image is tiled to avoid working with very large images in memory
Public methodConvertUrl
Converts an URL to an image having the given image format and returns the rendered image into a memory buffer
Public methodConvertUrlToFile
Converts an URL to an image having the given format and writes the rendered image into a file
Public methodConvertUrlToImageTiles
Converts an URL to a set of images. The image is tiled to avoid working with very large images in memory
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
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