How to handle the GDI restriction of Windows azure when creating the PDF document?
Windows azure web application doesn’t have the elevated permission to access the system fonts, so you can face unexpected exceptions when generating the ASP.NET WebForms PDF document. You can work around this by attaching the TTF fonts with the Web application and access it in the program. Please refer the below code snippet for the same.
C#
//Creating the new PDF document
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
doc.PageSettings.Size = PdfPageSize.Letter;
doc.PageSettings.Orientation = PdfPageOrientation.Portrait;
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
PdfColor color = new PdfColor(System.Drawing.Color.Black);
PdfSolidBrush brushBlack = new PdfSolidBrush(color);
//Creating the new font from the TTF file
PdfFont font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(Server.MapPath(@"~/App_Data/calibri.ttf"), 24, PdfFontStyle.Regular);
page.Graphics.DrawString("Hello World", font, PdfBrushes.Red, 0, 0);
//Save the PDF document
doc.Save("sample.pdf", HttpContext.ApplicationInstance.Response, HttpReadType.Save);
//Close the PDF document
doc.Close(true);
Sample project:
https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/PDFFontTest827240610
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