NuGet Packages Required

To work with PDF documents, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.Pdf.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg
UWP	Syncfusion.Pdf.UWP.nupkg
ASP.NET Core (Targeting NET Core)	Syncfusion.Pdf.Net.Core.nupkg
ASP.NET Core (Targeting NET Framework)	Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.nupkg
Xamarin	Syncfusion.Xamarin.Pdf.nupkg

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.

NOTE

From the Essential Studio 2018 Volume 3 release(v16.3.0.21), Syncfusion has changed some of the NuGet package names to search and find the required Syncfusion NuGet packages in nuget.org easily based on the control and its platforms.

Converting HTML to PDF

For converting HTML to PDF using IE rendering engine, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.IE.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.IE.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.IE.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.IE.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.IE.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg

For converting HTML to PDF using QtWebkit rendering engine, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg
ASP.NET Core	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.Net.Core.nupkg

For converting HTML to PDF using Blink rendering engine, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg

NOTE

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

PDF OCR

For recognizing text from the scanned PDF document, the following NuGet packages should be installed in your application:

Platform(s)	NuGet package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.PDF.OCR.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.PDF.OCR.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.PDF.OCR.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.PDF.OCR.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.PDF.OCR.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg

Converting Word to PDF

For converting Word document into PDF, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg
ASP.NET Core	Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core.nupkg
Xamarin	Syncfusion.Xamarin.DocIORenderer.nupkg

NOTE

Install SkiaSharp package version 1.59.3 in addition to DocIORenderer package.

Converting Excel document to PDF

For converting Excel document into PDF, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.Base.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.ExcelToPDFConverter.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg

NOTE

Excel to PDF/Image conversion is not supported in Xamarin, UWP and ASP.NET Core applications.

Converting Presentation document to PDF

For converting PowerPoint Presentation to PDF, the following NuGet packages need to be installed in your application.

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.WinForms.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET	Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.AspNet.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC4	Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.AspNet.Mvc4.nupkg
ASP.NET MVC5	Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.AspNet.Mvc5.nupkg

NOTE

Presentation to PDF/Image conversion is not supported in Xamarin, UWP and ASP.NET Core applications.

NuGet Package Installation and Uninstallation

To use NuGet package in your project, please refer the NuGet Package Installation and Uninstallation sections.

PDF NuGet packages can be installed and uninstalled using Package Manager Console. In Visual Studio, select Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console and execute the below commands in respective platforms.

NOTE

Syncfusion components are available in nuget.org

Platform(s)	Install	UnInstall
Windows Forms	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms -RemoveDependencies
WPF	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.Wpf	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.Wpf -RemoveDependencies
ASP.NET	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet -RemoveDependencies
ASP.NET MVC4	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.Mvc4	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.Mvc4 -RemoveDependencies
ASP.NET MVC5	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.Mvc5	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.AspNet.Mvc5 -RemoveDependencies
UWP	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.UWP	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.UWP
ASP.NET Core	Install-package Syncfusion.Pdf.Net.Core	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Pdf.Net.Core –RemoveDependencies
Xamarin	Install-package Syncfusion.Xamarin.Pdf	Uninstall-package Syncfusion.Xamarin.Pdf -RemoveDependencies