Overview of PDF Library

11 Jun 20263 minutes to read

The PDF library is a feature-rich .NET PDF class library developed with 100% managed C# code that can be used to create, read and write PDF. The library can be used in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, UWP, Flutter, WinUI and .NET MAUI applications and Unity platform without the dependency of Adobe Acrobat. The creation of PDF follows the most popular PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1) and the latest PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2) specifications.

Key Features of Essential^® PDF

The following list shows the key features available in the Essential^® PDF.

• Support to create PDF files from scratch.
• Support to add text, various formats of images, tables and shapes.
• Support for creation, filling and flattening forms (AcroForms and XFA).
• Open, modify and save existing PDF files.
• Support to compress existing PDF files.
• Ability to merge and split PDF files.
• Support for Optical Character Recognition by using Tesseract engine.
• Ability to convert HTML, RTF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and XPS to PDF.
• Ability to encrypt and decrypt PDF files with advanced standards.
• Support to add, modify and remove interactive elements such as bookmarks, annotations and attachments.
• Support to add 1D barcode and 2D barcode in the PDF files.
• Support to convert PDF to PDF/A1-B conformance.
• Support for PDF/X1-A, PDF/A1-B, PDF/A2-B, PDF/A3-B, PDF/A-1A, PDF/A-2A, PDF/A-3A, PDF/A-2U, PDF-A-3U, PDF/A-4, PDF/A-4E, and PDF/A-4F conformances.
• Support to create accessible PDF or tagged PDF (PDF/UA) with section 508 compliant.
• Support to redact text and images in the PDF files.
• Support to digitally sign and validate signature in PDF document.
• Support to find the corrupted PDF document.
• Support to ZUGFeRD invoice.
• Support to text watermark, image watermark, and watermark annotation.
• Support to hyperlinks for web navigation and document navigation.
• Support to insert, remove, and modify bookmarks.
• Support to Add, remove, and flatten the layers.
• Support to embed and manage rich media content such as audio and video.
• Support to embed and execute JavaScript within PDF documents.
• Support to create and manage PDF portfolios.
• Support to draw text using different fonts.
• Support to integrate with cloud storage services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
• Support to convert images into PDF documents.
• Support to embed and interact with 3D models.
• Support to apply and manage brushes for drawing and styling graphical elements in PDF documents.
• Support to arrange content using flow layout for dynamic and responsive PDF document design.
• Support to extract text and images from PDF documents.
• Support to create and apply PDF templates for consistent document layout and design.
• Support to add, customize, and manage headers and footers in PDF documents.
• Support to manage color spaces and edit document metadata.
• Support for .NET Standard 2.0 onwards.

NOTE

1. Starting with v20.1.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion^® HTML converter or OCR processor assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion^® license key in your application to use our components.