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import com.ironsoftware.ironpdf.*;

PdfDocument pdfFromUrl = PdfDocument.renderUrlAsPdf("https://ironpdf.com");
pdfFromUrl.saveAs(Paths.get("website.pdf"));

PdfDocument pdfFromHtmlFile = PdfDocument.renderHtmlFileAsPdf("design.html");
pdfFromHtmlFile.saveAs(Paths.get("markup.pdf"));

PdfDocument pdfFromHtmlString = PdfDocument.renderHtmlAsPdf("<p>Hello World</p>");
pdfFromHtmlString.saveAs(Paths.get("markup_with_assets.pdf"));

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", onFormReady: function($form) { // insert product_id to form hidden input $form.find('input[name="2-12260276/trial_products"]').val(window.IRON.product.code.toUpperCase()).change(); $form.find("") }, onFormSubmitted: function($form, data) { // trigger goal start window._vis_opt_queue = window._vis_opt_queue || []; window._vis_opt_queue.push(function() { _vis_opt_goal_conversion(237); }); // Fire Custom Event when form submited dataLayer.push({ 'event': 'trial-from-submitted' }); // HubSpot hubspot_custom_conversion_trigger("pe22630553_trial_from_submitted_v2"); // trigger goal end const nextForm = ".modal#trial-license .placeholder__hsform--two form"; const waitForTargetInput = setInterval(() => { if ($(nextForm).length) { clearInterval(waitForTargetInput); $(nextForm + " input[name='email']").val(data.submissionValues.email).change(); $(nextForm + " input[name='email']").attr('readonly', true); } }, 100); // close this dropdown form $('#dropDownTrialForm').hide(); // open full trial modal, jump to step 2 trialFormSetStep('#trial-license', 2); $('#trial-license').modal('show'); }, }; // handle the trigger if (window.getComputedStyle(dropDownTrialForm).display === 'block') { dropDownTrialForm.style.display = 'none'; window.IRON.dropDownTrial.isFormOpen = false; } else { dropDownTrialForm.style.display = 'block'; setTimeout(function() { window.IRON.dropDownTrial.isFormOpen = true; }, 10); // load the hsform once if (!window.IRON.dropDownTrial.isFormLoaded) { dynamicLoadHsForms(hsFormOption, "#dropDownTrialForm .place_holder--dropdown_trial_form"); window.IRON.dropDownTrial.isFormLoaded = true; } } } // load hubspot form dynamically function dynamicLoadHsForms(formOption, target) { function waitForHsptReady() { var interval = setInterval(function() { if (typeof hbspt !== "undefined") { clearInterval(interval); var option = formOption; option.target = target; hbspt.forms.create(option); } }, 10); } if (typeof hbspt === "undefined") { var script = document.createElement("script"); script.type = "text/javascript"; script.src = "//js.hsforms.net/forms/embed/v2.js"; document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script); script.onload = function() { waitForHsptReady(); }; } else { waitForHsptReady(); } } }); }); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) { vwoEnabledDropDownTrial(); }); // Close the dropdown forms if clicked outside of it /* document.addEventListener("click", function(event) { if (window.IRON.dropDownTrial.isFormOpen === true) { document.getElementById('dropDownTrialForm').style.display = 'none'; window.IRON.dropDownTrial.isFormOpen = false; } }); */

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", }; // var for form 1b var trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_1b = Object.assign({}, trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_1a); trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_1b.formId = "2ce064d9-15de-46d3-a9bc-5183ed47527c"; trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_1b.target = "#trial-license-after-download .place_holder--form_1b"; // var for form 2 var trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_2 = { region: "na1", portalId: "22630553", formId: "febf5e33-1edd-45f9-b9b0-6ead75fb1b9a", locale: "en", cssClass: "trialFormTwo", target: "#trial-license-after-download .place_holder--form_2", inlineMessage: "

", onFormSubmitted: function ($form, data) { // setCookie("stopFlag", "1", 1); setLocalStorageIfTrialSubmitted(); // Trigger HubSpot goal trigger_goal('second_trial_form_submitted'); $(".hubspot-form__form-wrapper").css("display", "none"); $("#trial-license-after-download .hubspot-form__thank_you").css("padding-top", "60px").show(); // Specific to modal #trial-license-after-download $("#trial-license-after-download .hubspot-form__thank_you section.formright_submitted").css("display", "block"); $("#trial-license-after-download .hubspot-form__thank_you").css("display", "block"); $("#trial-license-after-download .trial-license__action-title").css("display", "none"); $("#trial-license-after-download .trial-license__action-features-single, #trial-license .trial-license__action-features-single").css("display", "none"); // Specific to modal #trial-license $("#trial-license .trial-license__action-title").css("display", "none"); }, }; var selector = document.querySelector("#hubspot-form__form__trial-license-after-download"); const modalSelector = document.querySelector("#trial-license-after-download"); modalSelector?.addEventListener("shown.bs.modal", function() { embedCustomHubspotForm(selector, trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_1a); embedCustomHubspotForm(selector, trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_1b); embedCustomHubspotForm(selector, trialLicenseHbsptOptions_form_2); }, { once: true }); });

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