RAD PDF - Interactive Demonstrations

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RAD PDF supports Unicode characters, but by default, Windows may not provide the fonts necessary to output proper PDF files.

For example, the version of Arial which ships with Windows does not support most Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) characters. If you install Arial Unicode MS, RAD PDF will automatically detect it and use it to provide support for these other character sets. Arial Unicode MS must be licensed for use on a server (which this server is), so you may wish to consider other fonts. In this example, we demonstrate how to setup RAD PDF to also use Microsoft JhengHei (for Traditional Chinese), MS PGothic (for Japanese), and Malgun Gothic (for Korean) which are pre-installed on most version of Windows. We use the open source font Noto as a fallback web font for clients which don't have the font installed.

Additionally, this example enables RAD PDF's use of Uniscribe, allowing for complex text layouts and scripts required by Arabic, Thai, and other languages.

RAD PDF Sample Source Files

C#
VB.NET

Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="RadPdf" Namespace="RadPdf.Web.UI" TagPrefix="radPdf" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>RAD PDF Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <radPdf:PdfWebControl id="PdfWebControl1" runat="server" height="600px" width="100%" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Default.aspx.cs

using System;

partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack) 
        {
            //Get PDF as byte array from file (or database, browser upload, remote storage, etc)
            byte[] pdfData = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(@"C:\unicode.pdf");
            
            //Load PDF byte array into RAD PDF
            this.PdfWebControl1.CreateDocument("Document Name", pdfData);
        }
    }
}

web.config


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="RadPdfConnectionString" value="Server=.\SQLExpress;Database=RadPdf;Trusted_Connection=Yes;"/>
    <add key="RadPdfIntegrationProvider" value="UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider,App_Code"/>
    <add key="RadPdfLicenseKey" value="DEMO"/>
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add path="RadPdf.axd" verb="GET,POST" type="RadPdf.Web.HttpHandler.PdfHttpHandler"/>
    </httpHandlers>
  </system.web>
  <!--
    The system.webServer element is for use with IIS 7 (and later) when Managed Pipeline Mode is set to "Integrated".
    It will be ignored in other versions of IIS.
    -->
  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
    <handlers>
      <add path="RadPdf.axd" verb="GET,POST" name="PdfHttpHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" type="RadPdf.Web.HttpHandler.PdfHttpHandler"/>
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

App_Code\UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider.cs


using System;

using RadPdf.Integration;

public class UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider : PdfIntegrationProvider
{
    public UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider()
        : base()
    {
        // Enable Uniscribe to support complex text layouts and scripts, like those needed in Arabic or Thai
        this.AdvancedSettings.UseUniscribe = true;

        this.FontResources.Clear();

        // Re-add Arial, which will automatically use Arial Unicode MS if installed and necessary
        this.FontResources.Add(PdfFontResource.ArialFontResource);

        // Add Unicode compatible font for server side (must be installed on server)
        // This example uses Microsoft JhengHei (for Traditional Chinese), MS PGothic (for Japanese), and Malgun Gothic (for Korean) which are pre-installed on most versions of Windows
        // For web clients not using Windows Vista or newer, we fall back to Google's Noto Sans font, then the default sans-serif font
        // Noto fonts are open source fonts provided by Google (https://www.google.com/get/noto/) and published under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
        this.FontResources.Add(new PdfFontResource("MS PGothic", "\"MS PGothic\", \"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック\", \"Noto Sans JP\", sans-serif", "MS PGothic"));
        this.FontResources.Add(new PdfFontResource("Malgun Gothic", "\"Malgun Gothic\", \"Noto Sans KR\", sans-serif", "Malgun Gothic"));
        this.FontResources.Add(new PdfFontResource("Microsoft JhengHei", "\"Microsoft JhengHei\", \"Noto Sans TC\", sans-serif", "Microsoft JhengHei"));
    }

    public override void OnDocumentInit(DocumentInitEventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnDocumentInit(e);

        // Add web font for client side fall back if CJK fonts aren't installed
        // (fonts.bunny.net is a more privacy conscious option vs. fonts.googleapis.com)
        e.ExternalStyle = "https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Noto+Sans+JP&family=Noto+Sans+KR&family=Noto+Sans+TC";

        // Or to use Google Fonts:
        // e.ExternalStyle = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Noto+Sans+JP&family=Noto+Sans+KR&family=Noto+Sans+TC";
    }
}

Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="VB" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="RadPdf" Namespace="RadPdf.Web.UI" TagPrefix="radPdf" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>RAD PDF Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <radPdf:PdfWebControl id="PdfWebControl1" runat="server" height="600px" width="100%" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Default.aspx.vb

Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        If Not IsPostBack Then

            'Get PDF as byte array from file (or database, browser upload, remote storage, etc)
            Dim pdfData As Byte() = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes("C:\unicode.pdf")

            'Load PDF byte array into RAD PDF
            Me.PdfWebControl1.CreateDocument("Document Name", pdfData)

        End If
    End Sub
End Class

web.config


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="RadPdfConnectionString" value="Server=.\SQLExpress;Database=RadPdf;Trusted_Connection=Yes;"/>
    <add key="RadPdfIntegrationProvider" value="UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider,App_Code"/>
    <add key="RadPdfLicenseKey" value="DEMO"/>
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add path="RadPdf.axd" verb="GET,POST" type="RadPdf.Web.HttpHandler.PdfHttpHandler"/>
    </httpHandlers>
  </system.web>
  <!--
    The system.webServer element is for use with IIS 7 (and later) when Managed Pipeline Mode is set to "Integrated".
    It will be ignored in other versions of IIS.
    -->
  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
    <handlers>
      <add path="RadPdf.axd" verb="GET,POST" name="PdfHttpHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" type="RadPdf.Web.HttpHandler.PdfHttpHandler"/>
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

App_Code\UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider.vb


Imports System

Imports RadPdf.Integration

Public Class UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider
    Inherits PdfIntegrationProvider

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        ' Enable Uniscribe to support complex text layouts and scripts, like those needed in Arabic or Thai
        Me.AdvancedSettings.UseUniscribe = True

        Me.FontResources.Clear()

        ' Re-add Arial, which will automatically use Arial Unicode MS if installed and necessary
        Me.FontResources.Add(PdfFontResource.ArialFontResource)

        ' Add Unicode compatible font for server side (must be installed on server)
        ' This example uses Microsoft JhengHei (for Traditional Chinese), MS PGothic (for Japanese), and Malgun Gothic (for Korean) which are pre-installed on most versions of Windows
        ' For web clients not using Windows Vista or newer, we fall back to Google's Noto Sans font, then the default sans-serif font
        ' Noto fonts are open source fonts provided by Google (https://www.google.com/get/noto/) and published under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
        Me.FontResources.Add(New PdfFontResource("MS PGothic", "\"MS PGothic\", \"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック\", \"Noto Sans JP\", sans-serif", "MS PGothic"))
        Me.FontResources.Add(New PdfFontResource("Malgun Gothic", "\"Malgun Gothic\", \"Noto Sans KR\", sans-serif", "Malgun Gothic"))
        Me.FontResources.Add(New PdfFontResource("Microsoft JhengHei", "\"Microsoft JhengHei\", \"Noto Sans TC\", sans-serif", "Microsoft JhengHei"))

    End Sub

    Public Overrides Sub OnDocumentInit(ByVal e As DocumentInitEventArgs)
        MyBase.OnObjectDataAdding(e)

        ' Add web font for client side fall back if CJK fonts aren't installed
        ' (fonts.bunny.net is a more privacy conscious option vs. fonts.googleapis.com)
        e.ExternalStyle = "https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Noto+Sans+JP&family=Noto+Sans+KR&family=Noto+Sans+TC"

        ' Or to use Google Fonts:
        ' e.ExternalStyle = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Noto+Sans+JP&family=Noto+Sans+KR&family=Noto+Sans+TC"

    End Sub

End Class

RAD PDF - Interactive Demonstrations

RAD PDF Sample Source Files

Default.aspx

Default.aspx.cs

web.config

App_Code\UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider.cs

Default.aspx

Default.aspx.vb

web.config

App_Code\UnicodePdfIntegrationProvider.vb

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