ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Convert xml to pdf with pdf sdk

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How to convert xml to pdf with pdf sdk in C# and ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in C# to convert xml to pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

The sample source code below will teach you how to convert xml to pdf with pdf sdk in C#. ByteScout PDF Suite is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript and you can use it to convert xml to pdf with pdf sdk with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do convert xml to pdf with pdf sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Xml;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace ConvertXmlToPdfExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create table from some XML data.
    /// Since your XML file has different structure the example just shows technique of XML data reading 
    //  and PDF table creation.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Load XML document
            XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
            xmlDocument.Load(@"sample.xml");

            // Read columns information from XML data
            List<string> columns = new List<string>();
            XmlNodeList columnNodeList = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Report/Columns/Column");
            foreach (XmlNode node in columnNodeList)
                columns.Add(node.Attributes["Name"].Value);

            // Read row nodes from XML data
            XmlNodeList rowNodeList = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Report/ReportData");
            

            // Create new PDF document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);
            
            DeviceColor lightGrayColor = new ColorGray(200);
            DeviceColor whiteColor = new ColorGray(255);


            // Create PDF table
            Table table = new Table();
            table.BackgroundColor = lightGrayColor;

            // Add columns
            for (int c = 0; c < columns.Count; c++)
            {
                TableColumn column = new TableColumn(columns, columns);
                // Set column width
                column.Width = (c == 0)? 100 : 60;
                table.Columns.Add(column);
            }

            // Add rows
            foreach (XmlNode rowNode in rowNodeList)
            {
                // Create new row and set its background color
                TableRow row = table.NewRow();
                row.BackgroundColor = whiteColor;
                
                // Get cell values from XML data
                foreach (XmlNode childNode in rowNode.ChildNodes)
                {
                    // Get cell info from XML data
                    string columnName = childNode.Name;
                    int columnIndex = columns.IndexOf(childNode.Name);
                    string cellValue = childNode.InnerText;

                    // Set cell text
                    row[columnName].Text = cellValue;
                    // Set cell text alignment
                    row[columnName].TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = (columnIndex == 0) ? HorizontalAlign.Left : HorizontalAlign.Right;
                }

                // Add the row to the table
                table.Rows.Add(row);
            }

            // Draw the table on canvas
            page.Canvas.DrawTable(table, 20, 20);


            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}