My First DynamicPDF Document | Getting Started

  1. Open Visual Studio 2005 .NET and create a new Visual Basic ASP.NET Web Site.
  2. On the Solution Explorer, right click on the Web Application Project and select "Add reference...".
  3. Select "DynamicPDF for .NET" from the list on the ".NET" tab and click "Select" then "OK".
  4. On the Solution Explorer, right click on the Web Application Project and select "Add --> Add New Item...".
  5. Select "Web Form..." from the Templates list.
  6. Name the form "HelloWorld.aspx" and select the "Open" button.
  7. On the Solution Explorer, right click on "HelloWorld.aspx" and select "View Designer".
  8. Select the "Source" tab to view the HTML of the web form.
  9. Remove all HTML code on the web form below the @Page directive (leave the @Page directive on the web form).
  10. On the Solution Explorer, right click on "HelloWorld.aspx" and select "View Code".
  11. Add the following Imports directives to the top of the file: 
    Imports ceTe.DynamicPDF
Imports ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements
  12. Add the following code to the "Page_Load" method: 
    Dim MyDocument As Document = New Document()
Dim MyPage As ceTe.DynamicPDF.Page = New ceTe.DynamicPDF.Page()
MyPage.Elements.Add(New Label("Hello World!", 0, 0, 100, 12, Font.Helvetica, 12))
MyDocument.Pages.Add(MyPage)
MyDocument.DrawToWeb(Me)
  13. Right click on the new web form and select "Set As Start Page".
  14. Run the project to view the generated PDF document in your browser.

Note: Steps for Visual Studio 2002/2003 VB.NET Web Form example can be found here.

See Also 

My First DynamicPDF Document | Getting Started