EVO HTML to PDF Converter can be configured to convert HTML form elements like radio buttons, check boxes, text boxes and buttons to PDF form fields by simply turning on the PdfFormOptionsAutoPdfFormEnabled option. An object of PdfFormOptions type is exposed by the HtmlToPdfConverterPdfFormOptions property.
Code Sample - Convert HTML Forms to PDF Forms
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http; // Use EVO PDF Namespace using EvoPdfClient; namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.HTML_to_PDF.PDF_Forms { public class Auto_Create_PDF_FormsController : Controller { [HttpPost] public ActionResult ConvertHtmlToPdf(IFormCollection collection) { // Get the server options string serverIP = collection["textBoxServerIP"]; uint serverPort = uint.Parse(collection["textBoxServerPort"]); string servicePassword = collection["textBoxServicePassword"]; bool useServicePassword = servicePassword.Length > 0; bool useTcpService = collection["ServerType"] == "radioButtonUseTcpService"; string webServiceUrl = collection["textBoxWebServiceUrl"]; // Create the HTML to PDF converter object HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null; if (useTcpService) htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort); else htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, webServiceUrl); // Set optional service password if (useServicePassword) htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = servicePassword; // Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode // Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode htmlToPdfConverter.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c="; // Set an adddional delay in seconds to wait for JavaScript or AJAX calls after page load completed // Set this property to 0 if you don't need to wait for such asynchcronous operations to finish htmlToPdfConverter.ConversionDelay = 2; // Enable the automatic conversion of the HTML form to a PDF form htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.AutoPdfFormEnabled = collection["createPdfFormCheckBox"].Count > 0; // Set the submit buttons style htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.SubmitButtonStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.Beige; // Set the style of various types of text boxes htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.TextBoxStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.AliceBlue; htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.PasswordTextBoxStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.MistyRose; htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.MultilineTextBoxStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.AliceBlue; // Set the radio buttons style htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.RadioButtonsGroupStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.AntiqueWhite; // Set the checkboxes styles htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.CheckBoxStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.AntiqueWhite; // set the drop down lists style htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFormOptions.ComboBoxStyle.BackColor = RgbColor.LightCyan; byte[] outPdfBuffer = null; if (collection["HtmlPageSource"] == "convertHtmlRadioButton") { // Convert a HTML string to a PDF document with form fields string htmlWithForm = collection["htmlStringTextBox"]; outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertHtml(htmlWithForm, String.Empty); } else { // Convert the HTML page to a PDF document with form fields string url = collection["urlTextBox"]; outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(url); } // Send the PDF file to browser FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf"); fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Auto_Create_PDF_Forms.pdf"; return fileResult; } } }