40 posts tagged with "pdf generation"

Looking for a reliable way to convert HTML to PDF in Java – without relying on headless browsers or heavyweight libraries? In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use Flying Saucer (xhtmlrenderer) together with Thymeleaf templates to generate clean, print-ready PDFs directly in your Java application. Flying Saucer is a lightweight, pure Java library that renders XHTML and CSS into PDF format – no external rendering engines required. It works well for reports, invoices, and other dynamic documents where fast, consistent PDF generation matters.

Need to convert HTML to PDF in your Java project? This tutorial shows you how to use Playwright for Java together with Thymeleaf templates to generate clean, well-formatted PDFs. We'll build an invoice generator that renders HTML to PDF using a headless Chromium browser, with full CSS and JavaScript support. The code examples are ready to copy and adapt for your own HTML to PDF generation in Java.

Programmatic PDF generation is a common requirement for Java applications that produce invoices, reports, or contracts. OpenPDF, a lightweight and open-source PDF library derived from iText, provides a free solution for creating these documents in Java. In this step-by-step guide, we'll build a PDF invoice generator using OpenPDF as a practical example you can adapt to your own projects.

The .NET ecosystem offers a rich variety of libraries for PDF generation. From creating documents from scratch to converting HTML to PDF or generating reports with complex layouts, C# developers have several proven options to pick from. This article covers the most popular PDF libraries available for C# and .NET, with download statistics, key features, installation guides, and practical code examples to help you choose the right tool for your project.

If you need a reliable way to convert HTML to PDF in C# and .NET, this guide walks you through using DinkToPdf, a .NET wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf library, to generate PDFs from HTML content. DinkToPdf can handle invoices, reports, and other documents that need consistent PDF output. This step-by-step tutorial covers setting up a complete HTML to PDF conversion system in your .NET application, from project scaffolding to a finished invoice generator.

PDF generation in .NET has always been a bit of a pain – absolute positioning, manual pagination, fiddly styling calculations. QuestPDF takes a different approach with a layout-based system and a fluent API that feels natural to C# developers. This guide walks through how QuestPDF handles PDF creation, from basic setup to building a full invoice with QR codes.

For .NET developers, programmatically generating and modifying PDFs comes up in a lot of business applications. PDFsharp is a well-established .NET library that makes creating complex, multi-page documents easy and accessible. This guide covers everything you need to know about generating PDFs using PDFsharp in C# and .NET applications.

This guide shows you how to use Microsoft Playwright for .NET and C# to generate high-quality PDFs from HTML. You'll build a complete solution that combines Scriban templates with Playwright's browser automation to produce accurate, print-ready documents. The step-by-step tutorial covers everything from project setup to invoice generation, with all the code you need to add PDF generation to your .NET applications.

Generating PDFs from HTML in C# applications is a common requirement for invoices, reports, and business documents. This guide walks you through iText 7 HTML to PDF conversion in .NET – the modern, redesigned successor to iTextSharp – combined with Razor templating for dynamic document generation. You'll set up the project from scratch, build a working invoice generator with precise layout control, and get ready-to-use code examples using iText 7's pdfhtml module.

Looking for a reliable way to convert HTML to PDF in C# and .NET? This guide shows you how to use PuppeteerSharp, the .NET port of the Node.js Puppeteer library, to generate PDFs from dynamic HTML content. Whether you're building invoices, reports, or print-ready web pages, PuppeteerSharp gives you full control over headless Chromium rendering, enabling pixel-perfect PDF output using modern HTML and CSS. This guide covers setting up a C#/.NET project, using a template engine for dynamic content, and exporting an invoice PDF as the final result.