How to preserve internal links in HTML when converting to PDF?

The Syncfusion HTML to PDF converter is a .NET library for converting webpages, SVG, MHTML, and HTML to PDF using C#. It is reliable and accurate. The result preserves all graphics, images, texts, fonts, and the layout of the original HTML document or webpage.

Using this library, you can automatically convert all the internal links from HTML to internal documents links in PDF.

Steps to add internal document links in HTML to PDF conversion:

1. Create a new .NET console application project.

2. Select the .NET Framework for your application.

3. Install the Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Windows NuGet package as a reference to your .NET application from NuGet.org.

4. Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.HtmlConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

5. Include the following code snippet in Program.cs file to preserve internal links in HTML to PDF conversion.

C#

string url = Path.GetFullPath("../../../Data/input.html");
 
//Initialize HTML to PDF converter 
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();
 
BlinkConverterSettings blinkConverterSettings = new BlinkConverterSettings();
 
//Enable hyperlink
blinkConverterSettings.EnableHyperLink = true;
 
//Assign Blink converter settings to HTML converter
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = blinkConverterSettings;
 
//Convert URL to PDF
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert(url);
 
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream("Sample.pdf", FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
 
//Save and close the PDF document 
document.Save(fileStream);
document.Close(true);
 

A complete sample to preserve internal links in HTML when converting to PDF can be downloaded from InternalLinks_HTMLToPDF.zip.

By executing the sample, you will get the PDF document as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find converting HTML pages to PDF document along with respective customization options and features.

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