Rotativa - ViewAspdf does not work on server
Solution 1
I found a very simple tutorial how to fix my issue with rotativa, for those which have the same issue, please follow this tutorial:
Sample process to generate PDF with Rotativa in Asp.Net MVC
based on this tutorial, all we need to do is to:
Upload dlls:
- msvcp120.dll
- msvcr120.dll
because Rotativa need component of "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio".
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger\X64\msvcp120.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger\X64\msvcr120.dll
You can refer above path on your local with your own specified path to find it. Upload them to "Rotativa" folder.
Solution 2
What worked for me was, I had files missing in the Rotativa folder,
help-wkhtmltoimage.txt
help-wkhtmltopdf.txt
msvcp120.dll
msvcp140.dll
msvcr120.dll
vcruntime140.dll
wkhtmltoimage.exe
wkhtmltopdf.exe
wkhtmltox.dll
Once I put those files in, it worked like a charm
Solution 3
I ran into the same issue: Rotativa was working for me on local, but not on our development server.
What worked for me was a combination of Lucian Bumb and Ray Levron's answers.
First I went to: https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html and downloaded the 64-bit version.
I ran the installer, found the bin folder, and copied these three files into my project's "Rotativa" folder:
- wkhtmltoimage.exe
- wkhtmltopdf.exe
- wkhtmltox.dll
I then found these four .dll files on my PC running a search, and copied them into my project's "Rotativa" folder:
- msvcp120.dll
- msvcp140.dll
- msvcr120.dll
- vcruntime140.dll
Made sure all files were added to project and source control, tested local, and checked in for a build on dev.
Lucian Bumb
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Updated on June 14, 2022Comments
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Lucian Bumb almost 2 years
I know that this topic has been discuss on several articles, but none of the solution help me.
I have this action:
public ActionResult DownloadViewPDF(string userId) { var model = db.MyCvs.FirstOrDefault(u => u.UserId == userId); if (model != null) return new Rotativa.ViewAsPdf("ViewUserCv", model) { FileName = model.FirstName + model.LastName + "_CV.pdf" }; return Content("there is no Cv to download"); }
Using the above action I am downloading a view as pdf, and everything is working as expected on my computer.
After deploying the project on the server, this action is not working, is returning an error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
I am using Visual Studio Community 2015. On the server I have the
Rotativa.dll
and also the Folder in the root directory named Rotativa with the file inside namedwkhtmltopdf.exe
.I do not know how to handle this error, can you give me some sugestions?
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Lucian Bumb about 8 yearsI found the missing dll in "C:\Windows\System32" (Windows 7, x64)
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Sugar Bowl almost 8 yearsThis worked for me too. I added the two DLL's to the Rotatoria folder and there was no issue on the server. msvcp120.dll and msvcr120.dll
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SomethingOn about 6 yearsLink atrophy over time. Please include summary text/code from the link to ensure this answer stays relevant/accurate over time.
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S. Loveland ECY almost 6 yearsThis one didn't deserve a downvote: I needed to combine this with Lucian's answer to get it to work.
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Manoj over 5 yearsThanks for sharing this. It's a great help.
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h3n over 5 yearsfor rotativa version 1.7.4-rc, it is using version 0.12.4.0 of the ff files wkhtmltoimage.exe wkhtmltopdf.exe wkhtmltox.dll github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/tag/0.12.4