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How To Render HTML-Formatted Text In PDF

Learn how to render HTML-formatted text in PDF using eDocEngine VCL.

By R. Vyshakh

eDocEngine supports simple HTML tags in text strings it renders on PDF. Using this feature, you can specify formatted text using styles such as:

• bold
• italic
• bold and italic
• strike through

In the code snippet shown below, you will see how to render strings containing HTML tags on PDF.

begin
 // Use a PDF engine object
 with gtPDFEngine1 do
 begin
  // Specify output PDF file name
  FileName := 'FormattedText';

  // Specify measurement units
  MeasurementUnit := muInches;

  // Specify header/footer dimensions
  Page.HeaderHeight := 1;
  Page.FooterHeight := 1;

  BeginDoc;
   BeginHeader;
   // Use <i> HTML tag
   HTMLTextOut(0.5, 0.5, '<b>This header is in bold style</b>');
   EndHeader;

   // Use <b> and <i> HTML tags
   HTMLTextOut(
    1, 1,
    '<b>This is bold</b> and <i>this is italic</i>' +
    'and <i><b>this is bold and italic</b></i>!');

   BeginFooter;
   // Use <u> HTML tags
   HTMLTextOut(
     0.5, 0.5,
    '<u>This footer is underlined</u>.');
   EndFooter;

   BeginWatermark;
   // Use <s> HTML tags
   HTMLTextOut(
     1, 4,
     '<s>This watermark is in strike-through style.</s>');
   EndWatermark;
  EnDDoc;
 end;
end;

Here is how the PDF document created by eDocEngine looks.