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RazorTex is a standalone Razor view engine / LaTeX renderer for creating PDFs using pdflatex.

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RazorTex is a sample that shows how to use the Razor view engine to render something completely different - LaTeX files in this case.

Those LaTeX files can be used to create high-quality PDFs on a server for free, for example using the MiKTeX LaTeX distribution.

Most of this code is from Matthew Abbot and Ben at BuildStarted.com:
http://www.fidelitydesign.net/?p=208
http://buildstarted.com/2010/09/29/razor-view-engine-without-mvc-at-all/

Prerequisites
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 - Download and install ASP.NET WebPages from Microsoft. This includes the Razor view engine
 - Download and install MiKTeX 2.8
 - Download and install WinShell for LaTeX, an IDE for LaTeX [recommended]
 - Before running the sample, open the two included sample .TeX files and open them with WinShell. Run the PDF Compiler. This will install the required packages. If you don’t install the packages, the sample might dead-lock!
 - Adjust the settings in app.config according to your needs and create the temporary and output folders.
 - Finally, the application should run…