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+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="PdfViewController.cs" company="SemanticArchitecture">
+//   http://www.SemanticArchitecture.net pkalkie@gmail.com
+// </copyright>
+// <summary>
+//   Extends the controller with functionality for rendering PDF views
+// </summary>
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator
+{
+    using System.Web.Mvc;
+    using System.IO;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extends the controller with functionality for rendering PDF views
+    /// </summary>
+    public class PdfViewController : Controller
+    {
+        private readonly HtmlViewRenderer htmlViewRenderer;
+        private readonly StandardPdfRenderer standardPdfRenderer;
+
+        public PdfViewController()
+        {
+            this.htmlViewRenderer = new HtmlViewRenderer();
+            this.standardPdfRenderer = new StandardPdfRenderer();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="pageTitle"></param>
+        /// <param name="viewName"></param>
+        /// <param name="model"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected ActionResult ViewPdf(string pageTitle, string viewName, object model)
+        {
+            // Render the view html to a string.
+            string htmlText = this.htmlViewRenderer.RenderViewToString(this, viewName, model);
+
+            // Let the html be rendered into a PDF document through iTextSharp.
+            byte[] buffer = standardPdfRenderer.Render(htmlText, pageTitle);
+
+            // Return the PDF as a binary stream to the client.
+            return new BinaryContentResult(buffer, "application/pdf");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
+        /// <param name="viewName"></param>
+        /// <param name="model"></param>
+        protected void SavePdf(string fileName, string viewName, object model)
+        {
+            // Render the view html to a string.
+            string htmlText = this.htmlViewRenderer.RenderViewToString(this, viewName, model);
+
+            // Let the html be rendered into a PDF document through iTextSharp.
+            byte[] buffer = standardPdfRenderer.Render(htmlText, "");
+
+            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create))
+            {
+                fs.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+            }
+           
+        }
+    }
+}