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Auto Create Table of Contents

EVO PDF Client for .NET Core

EVO HTML to PDF Converter can be configured to automatically create a table of contents in PDF document based on H1 to H6 head tags found in HTML document by simply turning on the TableOfContentsOptionsAutoTocItemsEnabled option. An object of TableOfContentsOptions type is exposed by the HtmlToPdfConverterTableOfContentsOptions property.

Code Sample - Auto Create Table of Contents

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.Table_of_Contents
{
    public class Auto_Create_Table_of_ContentsController : 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 creation of a table of contents from H1 to H6 tags found in HTML
            htmlToPdfConverter.TableOfContentsOptions.AutoTocItemsEnabled = collection["autoTableOfContentsCheckBox"].Count > 0;

            // Optionally set the table of contents title
            htmlToPdfConverter.TableOfContentsOptions.Title = "Table of Contents";

            // Optionally set the title style using CSS sttributes
            htmlToPdfConverter.TableOfContentsOptions.TitleStyle = "color:navy; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:28px; font-weight:normal";

            // Optionally set the style of level 1 items in table of contents
            string level1TextStyle = "color:black; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; background-color:#F0F0F0";
            htmlToPdfConverter.TableOfContentsOptions.SetItemStyle(1, level1TextStyle);

            // Optionally set the page numbers style of level 1 items in table of contents
            string level1PageNumberStyle = "color:black; padding-right:3px; background-color:#F0F0F0; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold";
            htmlToPdfConverter.TableOfContentsOptions.SetPageNumberStyle(1, level1PageNumberStyle);

            // Convert the HTML page to a PDF document in a memory buffer
            byte[] outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(collection["urlTextBox"]);

            // Send the PDF file to browser
            FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
            fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Auto_Create_Table_of_Contents.pdf";

            return fileResult;
        }
    }
}