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this is my code 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-41786245-1">&lt;%@ Page Language=&quot;C#&quot; AutoEventWireup=&quot;true&quot; CodeFile=&quot;test.aspx.cs&quot; Inherits=&quot;_test&quot; %&gt;



&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt; 
&lt;html 
 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt; 
 &lt;head id=&quot;Head1&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt; 
 &lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt; 
 &lt;/head&gt; 
 &lt;body&gt; 
 
 &lt;div &gt;
 &lt;asp:Panel ID=&quot;pnlPerson&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt;
 &lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;this is a test&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt; 
 
 &lt;/asp:Panel&gt;
 
 &lt;asp:Button ID=&quot;btnGenerate&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot; Text=&quot;Generate PDF&quot; OnClick=&quot;btnGenerate_Click&quot; /&gt; 
 &lt;asp:Button ID=&quot;btnExport&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot; Text=&quot;Export&quot; OnClick=&quot;btnExport_Click&quot; /&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt; 
 
 
 
 &lt;/body&gt; 
&lt;/html&gt; 
</code></pre>
 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-41786245-2">using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data;

using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser;


public partial class _test : System.Web.UI.Page
{



 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 Response.Write (&quot;hello&quot;);
 
 }






 protected void btnGenerate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 try
 {
 Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 25, 10, 25, 10);
 PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
 pdfDoc.Open();
 //Paragraph Text = new Paragraph(&quot;This is test file&quot;);
 //pdfDoc.Add(Text);
 pdfWriter.CloseStream = false;

 PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
 PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(&quot;Header spanning 3 columns&quot;));
 cell.Colspan = 3;
 cell.HorizontalAlignment = 1; //0=Left, 1=Centre, 2=Right
 table.AddCell(cell);
 table.AddCell(&quot;Col 1 Row 1&quot;);
 table.AddCell(&quot;Col 2 Row 1&quot;);
 table.AddCell(&quot;Col 3 Row 1&quot;);
 table.AddCell(&quot;Col 1 Row 2&quot;);
 table.AddCell(&quot;Col 2 Row 2&quot;);
 table.AddCell(&quot;Col 3 Row 2&quot;);
 pdfDoc.Add(table);


 pdfDoc.Close();
 Response.Buffer = true;
 Response.ContentType = &quot;application/pdf&quot;;
 Response.AddHeader(&quot;content-disposition&quot;, &quot;attachment;filename=Example.pdf&quot;);
 Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
 Response.Write(pdfDoc);
 Response.End();
 }
 catch (Exception ex)
 { Response.Write(ex.Message); }
 }




 protected void btnExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 Response.ContentType = &quot;application/pdf&quot;;
 Response.AddHeader(&quot;content-disposition&quot;, &quot;attachment;filename=Panel.pdf&quot;);
 Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
 StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
 HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
 pnlPerson.RenderControl(hw);
 StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString());
 Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 100f, 0f);
 HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
 PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
 pdfDoc.Open();
 htmlparser.Parse(sr);
 pdfDoc.Close();
 Response.Write(pdfDoc);
 Response.End();

 }


}
</code></pre>
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Hi, 
 
I am trying to use iTextSharp to generate PDF from ASP.NET. I am trying to make this to work. 
 
<a href="http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Export-ASPNet-Panel-contents-to-PDF-using-iTextSharp.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Export-ASPNet-Panel-contents-to-PDF-using-iTextSharp.aspx</a> 
 
I am getting 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-28967969-1">CS0246: The type or namespace name 'StringWriter' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
Line 73: Response.AddHeader(&quot;content-disposition&quot;, &quot;attachment;filename=Panel.pdf&quot;);
Line 74: Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
Line 75: StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
Line 76: HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
Line 77: pnlPerson.RenderControl(hw);
</code></pre>
 
Can EEs give me some directions? &nbsp;thanks
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Hi,

I am trying to use iTextSharp to generate PDF from ASP.NET. I am trying to make this to work. 

http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Export-ASPNet-Panel-contents-to-PDF-using-iTextSharp.aspx

I am getting 
(CODE)

Can EEs give me some directions?  thanks

iTextSharp

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