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The rich formatting power of HTML in your .NET applications using simple controls or static rendering code.
The library is 100% managed C# code without any external dependencies (no WebBrowser control, ActiveX / COM or MSHTML dll), the only requirement is .NET 2.0 or higher.

• Download the Demo application to explore HTML Renderer capabilities.
• See Image generation for how-to generate image from HTML.

Features and Benefits

• Extensive HTML 4.01 and CSS level 2 specifications support.
• Support separating CSS from HTML by loading stylesheet code separately.
• Support text selection, copy-paste and context menu.
• WinForms controls: HtmlPanel, HtmlLabel and HtmlToolTip.
• Create images from HTML snippets.
• Handles "real world" malformed HTML, it doesn't have to be XHTML.
• 100% managed code and no external dependencies.
• Supports .NET 2.0 or higher including Client Profile.
• Lightweight single dll (~250K).
• High performance and low memory footprint.
• Extendable and configurable.
• Powerful Demo application to explore and learn the library.

WinForms controls

• HtmlPanel - The full power of HTML control build to replace WinForms WebBrowser control, accepts HTML, text selection, scrollbars, link click intercept, image load intercept and much more.
• HtmlLabel - As WinForms label but accepts HTML, text selection, auto-size capabilities, transparent background and more.
• HtmlToolTip - As WinForms ToolTip control but accepts HTML and ability to handle links.

Sample application

• Render HTML content generated by rich web editors like forums, blogs, etc.
• Render Office documents converted to HTML.
• Create complex WinForms UI with HTML instead of numerous WinForms controls with complex layout logic.
• Create WinForms UI that requires text selection with clipboard support.
• Create images from HTML code snippets.

NuGet package install

Manual install

• Download the binaries.
• Reference the proper .NET release (2.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5) in your project.

Usage

• Add HtmlRenderer to Visual Studio Toolbox (drag-drop the dll on it).
• Drag-n-drop HtmlPanel, HtmlLabel or HtmlToolTip from the Toolbox.
• Set the Text property with your HTML.

Source

• ArthurHub/HTML-Renderer on GitHub

Authors

• Arthur Teplitzki - http://TheArtOfDev.wordpress.com
• Jose Manuel Menendez Poo - www.menendezpoo.com