Assemblies required to convert Word document to PDF

11 Nov 20241 minute to read

Converting Word document to PDF

For converting a Word document to PDF, the following assemblies need to be referenced in your application

Platform(s)
 Assembly

WPF

,

Windows Forms

,

ASP.NET MVC


 Syncfusion.DocIO.Base
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.Base

Windows Forms

and

WPF (Client Profile)


 Syncfusion.DocIO.ClientProfile
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
Syncfusion.Pdf.ClientProfile
Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.ClientProfile

ASP.NET Core

,

Xamarin

and

Blazor


 Syncfusion.DocIO.Portable
Syncfusion.Compression.Portable
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Portable
Syncfusion.Pdf.Portable
Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Portable
Syncfusion.Pdf.Imaging.Portable
Syncfusion.MetafileRenderer.NET
SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz
Syncfusion.SkiaSharpHelper.Portable

Windows UI Library (WinUI)


.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI)


 Syncfusion.DocIO.NET
Syncfusion.Compression.NET
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.NET
Syncfusion.Pdf.NET
Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.NET
Syncfusion.Pdf.Imaging.NET
Syncfusion.MetafileRenderer.NET
SkiaSharp
Syncfusion.SkiaSharpHelper.NET

Retired Platforms

The following assemblies need to be referenced in your application based on the platform.

Platform(s)
 Assembly

ASP.NET


 Syncfusion.DocIO.Base
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.Base

NOTE

  1. Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and 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.
  2. Syncfusion components are available in nuget.org
  3. Starting with v15.3.0.x, a new Visual Studio add-in “Syncfusion Reference Manager” for WPF, and Windows Forms platforms is included. Using this add-in, you can easily add the necessary reference assemblies to your projects in an automated way. Please refer to this link for more information.
  4. Word to PDF conversion is supported in ASP.NET Core and Xamarin from 2018 Volume 1 release (v16.1.0.24) using SkiaSharp graphics library.
  5. Word to PDF conversion is not supported in Silverlight, Windows Phone, WinRT, Universal applications.
  6. Starting with v17.1.0.x, if you reference “Syncfusion.DocIORenderer”, you also have to add “Syncfusion.SkiaSharpHelper” assembly reference in your projects to perform Word to PDF conversion.
  7. Starting with the v24.1.x, if you reference “Syncfusion.DocIORenderer”, you have to add the “Syncfusion.Pdf.Imaging” assembly reference in your projects to perform Word to PDF conversion.
  8. Starting with the v27.1.x, if you reference “Syncfusion.DocIORenderer”, you have to add the “Syncfusion.MetafileRenderer” assembly reference in your projects to perform Word to PDF conversion.

Converting Charts

The following assemblies are required to be referred in addition to the above mentioned assemblies for converting the chart present in the Word document into PDF.

Platform(s)
 Assembly
WPF, Windows Forms, ASP.NET MVC
 Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF
Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF

Retired Platforms

The following assemblies need to be referenced in your application based on the platform.

Platform(s)
 Assembly
ASP.NET
 Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF
Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF