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Arthur Teplitzki edited this page Sep 2, 2017 · 1 revision

Install

Download the latest release zip, worth having around for the Demo application.
Either reference the proper DLL's from the downloaded release zip: HtmlRenderer.dll and one of: HtmlRenderer.WinForms.dll, HtmlRenderer.WPF.dll, HtmlRenderer.PdfSharp.dll. Note: add the targeted framework dlls you are targeting in your project, for PdfSharp you will also need to download PdfSharp dll. Or, simply install the proper NuGet package using Visual Studio or command line:

WinForms HtmlPanel

In form (Form1) add the following:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.WinForms.HtmlPanel htmlPanel = new TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.WinForms.HtmlPanel();
        htmlPanel.Text = "<p><h1>Hello World</h1>This is html rendered text</p>";
        htmlPanel.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        Controls.Add(htmlPanel);
    }
}

WPF HtmlPanel

In window (Window1) XAML add the following:

<Window x:Class="Window1"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300"
        xmlns:wpf="clr-namespace:TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.WPF;assembly=HtmlRenderer.WPF">
    <Grid>
        <wpf:HtmlPanel Text="&lt;p&gt; &lt;h1&gt; Hello World &lt;/h1&gt; This is html rendered text&lt;/p&gt;"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Generate Image

Add the following snippet in your main method: (for more advance usage see Image generation)

class Program
{
    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Image image = TheArtOfDev.HtmlRenderer.WinForms.HtmlRender.RenderToImage("<p><h1>Hello World</h1>This is html rendered text</p>");
        image.Save("image.png", ImageFormat.Png);
    }
}

Generate PDF

Add the following snippet in your main method: (for more advance usage see PDF generation)

class Program
{
    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        PdfDocument pdf = PdfGenerator.GeneratePdf("<p><h1>Hello World</h1>This is html rendered text</p>", PageSize.A4);
        pdf.Save("document.pdf");
    }
}