EVO HTML to PDF Converter

Merge Conversion Result with Existing PDFs

EVO HTML to PDF Converter for .NET Documentation

EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you to insert existing PDF documents before the HTML to PDF conversion result and to add existing PDF documents after conversion result using the PdfDocumentOptionsAddStartDocument(String) and PdfDocumentOptionsAddEndDocument(String) methods. An object of PdfDocumentOptions type is exposed by the HtmlToPdfConverterPdfDocumentOptions property. The PDF documents can be loaded from files or streams or they can be existing Document objects previously created in your application.

Code Sample - Merge Conversion Result with Existing PDFs
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protected void convertToPdfButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Create a HTML to PDF converter object with default settings
    HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();

    // 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;

    // Set the PDF file to be inserted before conversion result
    string pdfFileBefore = Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/PDF_Files/Merge_Before_Conversion.pdf");
    htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.AddStartDocument(pdfFileBefore);

    // Set the PDF file to be added after conversion result
    string pdfFileAfter = Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/PDF_Files/Merge_After_Conversion.pdf");
    htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.AddEndDocument(pdfFileAfter);

    // The URL to convert
    string url = urlTextBox.Text;

    // Convert the HTML page to a PDF document and add the external PDF documents
    byte[] outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(url);

    // Send the PDF as response to browser

    // Set response content type
    Response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/pdf");

    // Instruct the browser to open the PDF file as an attachment or inline
    Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", String.Format("attachment; filename=Merge_HTML_with_Existing_PDF.pdf; size={0}", outPdfBuffer.Length.ToString()));

    // Write the PDF document buffer to HTTP response
    Response.BinaryWrite(outPdfBuffer);

    // End the HTTP response and stop the current page processing
    Response.End();
}