How can we generate an 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿t 𝗣𝗗𝗙 and send it as an 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 using 𝗚𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻) in an 𝗔𝗦𝗣.𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗔𝗽𝗽?

1️⃣ 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

Install-Package iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core # PDF Generation

Install-Package MailKit # Email Sending

2️⃣ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗗𝗙

public byte[] GenerateExpensePdf(List expenses)
{
using var ms = new MemoryStream();
var doc = new Document();
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, ms);
doc.Open();
doc.Add(new Paragraph("Expense Report - " + DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM yyyy")));
var table = new PdfPTable(3) { WidthPercentage = 100 };
table.AddCell("Date"); table.AddCell("Category"); table.AddCell("Amount ($)");
expenses.ForEach(e => { table.AddCell(e.Date.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy")); table.AddCell(e.Category); table.AddCell(e.Amount.ToString("F2")); });
doc.Add(table); doc.Close();
return ms.ToArray();
}

3️⃣ 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗗𝗙 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

public async Task SendExpenseReportByEmail(string recipient, byte[] pdfBytes)
{
var message = new MimeMessage { Subject = "Your Expense Report" };
message.From.Add(new MailboxAddress("Expense Manager", "[email protected]"));
message.To.Add(new MailboxAddress("", recipient));
var body = new TextPart("plain") { Text = "Please find your expense report attached." };
var attachment = new MimePart("application", "pdf") { Content = new MimeContent(new MemoryStream(pdfBytes)), FileName = "ExpenseReport.pdf" };
message.Body = new Multipart("mixed") { body, attachment };

using var client = new SmtpClient();
await client.ConnectAsync("smtp.gmail.com", 587, MailKit.Security.SecureSocketOptions.StartTls);
await client.AuthenticateAsync("[email protected]", "your-app-password");
await client.SendAsync(message); await client.DisconnectAsync(true);

}

✅ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗗𝗙 📄

✅ 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 & 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 ✉️

✅ 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗦𝗣.𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗔𝗽𝗽

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁? 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄! 👇😊

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