Question

I have a project where I create sample documents. Code here :

 private void btnExcel_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (AutomationFactory.IsAvailable)
        {
            dynamic excel = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("Excel.Application");
            excel.Visible = true;

            dynamic workbook = excel.workbooks;
            workbook.Add();

            dynamic sheet = excel.ActiveSheet;
            dynamic cell = null;
            int i;
            int z = 20;

            for (i = 1; i <= 20; i++)
            {
                cell = sheet.Cells[i, 1];
                cell.Value = i.ToString();

                cell = sheet.Cells[i, 2];
                cell.Value = z.ToString();

                z--;
            }

        }

    }

As you can see, this is for Excel documents. Is there any way I can something like this and export in to PDF files? Thanks for the insights.

Answer 1

Yes you can.

You can call a WCF service operation passing it all the data that it needs. Then do all what is required to generate the PDF file. After you’ve done that, you have two options:

• You can send back the bytes as the result of the operation. In this case, you can show the user a SaveDialog to save the file to his local disk.
• You can send the generated file to another aspx page and display the PDF file to the user who then has the choice to save it to his local disk or simply view it.

I hope that was what you’re looking for.