Convert HTML to PDF in .NET

Question

I want to generate a PDF by passing HTML contents to a function. I have made use of iTextSharp for this but it does not perform well when it encounters tables and the layout

Answer 1

I recently performed a PoC regarding HTML to PDF conversion and wanted to share my results.

My favorite by far is OpenHtmlToPdf

Advantages of this tool:

• Very good HTML compatibility (e.g. it was the only tool in my example that correctly repeated table headers when a table spanned multiple pages)
• Fluent API
• Free and OpenSource (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license)
• Available via NuGet

Other tools tested:

• ExpertPDF (http://www.html-to-pdf.net/)
• IronPDF (http://ironpdf.com/)
• iTextSharp (https://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
• NReco PDF Creator for .NET (http://www.nrecosite.com/pdf_generator_net.aspx)
• HTML renderer for PDF Sharp (https://www.nuget.org/packages/HtmlRenderer.PdfSharp/)
• SelectPDF community edition (http://selectpdf.com/community-edition/)