Question converting HTML to a .png file

[timcyberbanjo]

Hi,
I have a task thrown my way to use vb.net to convert a HTML document to a .png (image format) programatically. I have sniffed about the net and found there are several 3rd party products that can do that sort of thing, so I see it can be done. Does anyone out there know of fairly simple way of doing it programatically. Preferably with freeware?
cheers.

 

[Robert_Zenz]

Hello.

You could try to use System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser, and let it paint onto a Bitmap (keyword: Paint Control To Bitmap) instead of onto itself.

Also, you could try to embed the Gecko (Mozilla2)-Engine within your application and let it do the rendering. However, I've never done this.

Bobby