EVO HTML to PDF Converter

Select in HTML the Elements to Hide in Generated PDF

EVO PDF Client for .NET Documentation

EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you select directly in HTML the elements to exclude from rendering to PDF by setting the data-exclude attribute on HTML elements you want to exclude. The converter does not reflow the HTML content when you exclude an element from rendering and the place where the element would be normally rendered remains blank. If you want to reflow the HTML content when the HTML element is hidden, you have to set display:none style for HTML element, eventually creating two separate stylesheets for screen and for print.

Code Sample - Select in HTML the Elements to Hide in Generated PDF

C#
protected void convertToPdf()
{
    // Get the server IP and port
    String serverIP = textBoxServerIP.Text;
    uint serverPort = uint.Parse(textBoxServerPort.Text);

    // Create a HTML to PDF converter object
    HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null;
    if (radioButtonUseTcpService.Checked)
        htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort);
    else
        htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, textBoxWebServiceUrl.Text);

    // Set optional service password
    if (textBoxServicePassword.Text.Length > 0)
        htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = textBoxServicePassword.Text;

    // 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;

    byte[] outPdfBuffer = null;

    if (convertHtmlRadioButton.Checked)
    {
        string htmlWithBookmarkAttributes = htmlStringTextBox.Text;
        string baseUrl = baseUrlTextBox.Text;

        // Convert a HTML string with exclude attributes to a PDF document in a memory buffer
        outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertHtml(htmlWithBookmarkAttributes, baseUrl);
    }
    else
    {
        string url = urlTextBox.Text;

        // Convert a HTML page with exclude attributes to a PDF document in a memory buffer
        outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(url);
    }
}
HTML String with Exclude Attributes

XML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Select in HTML the Elements to Hide in Generated PDF</title>
</head>
<body style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px">
    <span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: navy">Select the HTML Elements to Hide Using 'Data-Exclude' Attribute</span><br />
    <br />
    <span style="font-size: 14px; color: black">The following image will be excluded from rendering in the generated PDF:
    </span>
    <br />
    <br />
    <!-- HTML element for to exclude from rendering -->
    <img data-exclude="true" alt="Logo Image" style="width: 350px" src="img/logo.jpg" id="imageHtmlID" />
    <br />
    <br />
    <a style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: navy" href="http://www.evopdf.com" id="linkHtmlID">Visit EVO HTML to PDF Converter Website</a>
</body>
</html>