Assemblies Required to work with PDF

29 Nov 20222 minutes to read

The following assemblies need to be referenced in your application based on the platform.
Platform(s) Assembly
WPF, Windows Forms, ASP. NET and ASP.NET MVC
 Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Windows Forms and WPF (Client Profile)
 Syncfusion.Pdf.ClientProfile
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Universal Windows Platform
 Syncfusion.Pdf.UWP
Xamarin
 Syncfusion.Pdf.Portable
Syncfusion.Compression.Portable
WinRT (Windows Store applications)
 Syncfusion.Pdf.winrt
Windows Phone 8
 Syncfusion.Pdf.WP8
Syncfusion.Compression.WP8
Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight
 Syncfusion.Pdf.WPSilverlight
Syncfusion.Compression.WPSilverlight
Windows Phone 8.1 WinRT
 Syncfusion.Pdf.WP
Syncfusion.Compression.WP
Silverlight
 Syncfusion.Pdf.Silverlight
Syncfusion.Compression.Silverlight
ASP.NET (Classic)
 Syncfusion.Pdf.Web
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
ASP.NET MVC (Classic)
 Syncfusion.Pdf.MVC
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Universal (Classic)
 Syncfusion.Pdf.Universal
Xamarin, UWP, Blazor, .NET Core and .NET Platforms
 Syncfusion.Compression.Portable.dll
Syncfusion.Pdf.Portable.dll

NOTE

The .NET Standard assemblies can be found in the following Essential Studio installation path
{Installed directory}\Syncfusion\Essential Studio{Product version}\precompiledassemblies{Product version}.NET Standard 1.2\

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion 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.

Converting HTML to PDF

Get the following required assemblies by downloading the HTML converter installer. Download and install the HTML converter for Windows, Linux, and Mac respectively. Please refer to the advanced installation steps for more details.
Platforms Assemblies
WinForms WPF ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC
  • Syncfusion.Compression.Base.dll
  • Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll
  • Syncfusion.HtmlConverter.Base.dll
  • Newtonsoft.Json package (v13.0.1 or above)
.NET/.NET Core Blazor
  • Syncfusion.Compression.Portable.dll
  • Syncfusion.Pdf.Portable.dll
  • Syncfusion.HtmlConverter.Portable.dll
  • Newtonsoft.Json package (v13.0.1 or above)

NOTE

HTML to PDF conversion is not supported in Silverlight, Windows Phone, WinRT, Universal, Xamarin and UWP applications

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 and 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

NOTE

Word to PDF conversion is not supported in Silverlight, Windows Phone, WinRT, Universal, Xamarin and UWP applications

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 and ASP.NET MVC
 Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF
Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF
Syncfusion.Shared.WPF

NOTE

The above mentioned assemblies is supported from .NET Framework 4.0 onwards

Converting Excel document to PDF

For converting an Excel document to PDF, the following assemblies need to be referenced in your application.

Platform(s) Assembly
WPF, Windows Forms, ASP. NET and ASP.NET MVC Syncfusion.XlsIO.Base
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.Base
Windows Forms and WPF (Client Profile) Syncfusion.XlsIO.ClientProfile
Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Syncfusion.Pdf.ClientProfile
Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.ClientProfile
UWP, .NET Core, Xamarin and Blazor (Server-Side) Syncfusion.Compression.Portable
Syncfusion.XlsIO.Portable
Syncfusion.Pdf.Portable
Syncfusion.SkiaSharpHelper.Portable
Syncfusion.XlsIORenderer.Portable

NOTE

Excel to PDF conversion is supported from .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Standard 1.4 onwards.

Converting Presentation document to PDF

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

Presentation to PDF conversion (without charts)

Platform(s)
 Assembly
Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC
 Syncfusion.Compression.Base 
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
Syncfusion.Presentation.Base
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.Base

Presentation to PDF conversion (with charts)

Platform(s)
 Assembly
Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC
 Syncfusion.Compression.Base
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
Syncfusion.Presentation.Base
Syncfusion.Shared.WPF
Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF
Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.Base

NOTE

Presentation to PDF conversion is not supported in Silverlight, Windows Phone, WinRT, Universal, Xamarin and UWP applications.