Quick start tutorial: generating PDF document in ASP.NET with Bytescout.PDF (on ASP.NET web-server)

You can download the source code of this example here: bytescoutpdf_asp_net.zip

This page contains step by step tutorial how to create PDF document in ASP.NET using Bytescout.PDF library.  

4) Use the following code for procedure (you can simply copy and paste this code from this page into ASP.NET source code editor window):

// Create main PDF Doc Engine
PDFDocEngine engine = new PDFDocEngine("", "");

// Add new document
Document document = engine.AddDocument();

// Append new page to the document
Bytescout.PDF.Page page = document.AddPage(PageSizeType.A3, PageOrientationType.LandScape);

// Create new drawing
Drawing drawing = page.AddDrawing();

// Add standard font
uint font = document.AddFontStandard(StandardFontType.Courier, FontEncodingType.WinAnsi);

// Set Active Font
drawing.SetActiveFont(font, 50, false, false);

// Draw Text
drawing.PlaceText(100, 100, 0, "Hello World!");

// Closing drawing on the page
drawing.Close();

// clear http output
Response.Clear();
// set the content type to PDF
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
// add content type header
Response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/pdf");
// set the content disposition
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=HelloWorld.pdf");
// write the buffer with pdf file to the output
document.Save(Response.OutputStream);

Response.End();