A library to create pdf from xml. Based on PdfSharp

Platform independent core to calculate and generate pdf documents

.Net Core dependent implementation of the report library

• PdfSharpCore
• SixLabors.Fonts
• SixLabors.ImageSharp

.Net Framework dependent implementation of the report library

• PdfSharp (V 1.32.3057)
  • Version used GDI to measure strings
  • Higher versions no longer use GDI to measure strings
  • The pull request for multiline string measure support is not yet closed
• System.Drawing.Image

• Generate Pdf from Xml
• Add stationery to generated Pdf
• Prepend and append Pdfs

public enum DashStyle
{
	Solid = 0,
	Dash = 1,
	Dot = 2,
	DashDot = 3,
	DashDotDot = 4,
	Custom = 5
}

public enum Alignment
{
	Default = 0,
	Left = 1,
	Center = 2,
	Right = 3,
	Justify = 4
}

public enum VerticalAlignment
{
	Default = 0,
	Top = 1,
	Center = 2,
	Bottom = 3
}

public enum Scale
{
	Default = 0,
	Width = 1,
	Height = 2   /* Default */,
	WidthOrHeight = 3,
	FitsWidth = 4,
	FitsHeight = 5,
	FitsWidthOrHeight = 6
}

public enum PositionCohesion
{
	/// <summary>
	/// The content of an item is split only if the item does not fit in its entirety on the current page or on a new page.
	/// </summary>
	KeepTogether = 0,
	/// <summary>
	/// The content of a position is always split if it does not fit on the current page as a whole.
	/// </summary>
	SplitAlways = 1,
	/// <summary>
	/// The content of a position is split if the available area of the current page is at least equal to the percentage
	/// </summary>
	SplitByPercent = 2
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Report>
	<Information>
		<Watermark></Watermark>
		<StationeryInformation>
			<StationeryEntry>
				<Stationery>{name_of_stationery}</Stationery>
				<NumberOfAllowedUsage>1</NumberOfAllowedUsage>
				<SortIndex>0</SortIndex>
				<Offset>0</Offset>
			</StationeryEntry>
			<StationeryEntry>
				<Stationery>{name_of_stationery}</Stationery>
				<NumberOfAllowedUsage>0</NumberOfAllowedUsage>
				<SortIndex>1</SortIndex>
				<Offset>0</Offset>
			</StationeryEntry>
		</StationeryInformation>
		<Orientation>Portrait or Landscape</Orientation>
		<Reportauthor>{name_of_author}</Reportauthor>
		<Reporttitle>{report_title}</Reporttitle>
		<DocumentSize>A4</DocumentSize>
		<PageMargins Top="0" Bottom="0" Left="0" Right="0" ></PageMargins>
	</Information>
	<Header>
		<FirstPage Height="0"></FirstPage>
		<FollowingPage Height="0"></FollowingPage>
	</Header>
	<PrePositions>
		<Position></Position>
	</PrePositions>
	<Positions>
		<Position SequenceNo="0" Type="RepeatOnTop"></Position>
		<Position SequenceNo="1" Type="Default"></Position>
		<Position SequenceNo="1" Type="OnlyAsLastOnPage"></Position>
		<Position SequenceNo="2" Type="OnlyOnNewPage"></Position>
		<Position SequenceNo="2" Type="Default"></Position>
		<Position SequenceNo="2" Type="OnlyAsLastOnPage"></Position>
	</Positions>
	<PostPositions>
		<Position></Position>
	</PostPositions>
	<Footer>
		<FirstPage Height="0"></FirstPage>
		<FollowingPage Height="0"></FollowingPage>
	</Footer>
</Report>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Report>
	<Information>
		<Stationery>{name_of_stationery}</Stationery>
		<Stationery2nd>{name_of_stationery}</Stationery2nd>
		<StationeryOnlyFirstPage>1 or 0</StationeryOnlyFirstPage>
	</Information>
	...
</Report>

public enum PositonType
{
	Default = 0,
	Pagebreak = 2,
	RepeatOnTop = 3,
	OnlyOnNewPage = 4,
	OnlyAsLastOnPage = 5
}

Text blocks need a height to determine the height of the container. If a text block should be able to grow dynamically, the Height property must be set to 0. If underlying elements are to be moved down, the ExpandAndShift property must also be set to 1. If an underlying element does not move down, it does not have enough initial distance to the dynamic text block.

Text blocks need a height to determine the height of the container. If a text block should be able to grow dynamically, the Height property must be set to 0. If underlying elements are to be moved down, the ExpandAndShift property must also be set to 1. If an underlying element does not move down, it does not have enough initial distance to the dynamic text block. Element content has to be wrapped in <![CDATA[]]>

Supported html tags

• b
• u
• i
• br
• p (creates a line break before and after tag content)
• ul (creates a line break before and after tag content)
• ol (creates a line break before and after tag content)
• li (creates a line break after tag content)

Supported html attributes

• font-family
• font-size
• color
• margin-left (only for li-tag; custom line indent)

Vertical lines that are to take up the entire position height must have the value 0 for PosY and Height. Additionally, the property MaxHeight must be set to 1. In case a dynamic text block has to be spread over several pages, a distance to the text block can be specified for underlying horizontal lines. For this purpose the property SplittExtraMargin must be set.

• Document in portait format
  • document_portrait.xml
  • use images, stationery
• Document in landscape formart
  • document_landscape.xml
  • use images