Supported and Unsupported Features

The following table shows the various features available in the Essential PDF and their availability in different platforms.

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Drawing Text

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Text Formatting

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Multilingual Support

 Yes

 No

 No
Drawing RTL text

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Drawing complex script text

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Text Extraction

 Yes

 Yes

 No
Unicode

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Pagination

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Graphics:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core
Pen and Brush

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Layers

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Transparent Graphics

 Yes

 No

 No
Color Spaces

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Image Extraction

 Yes

 No

 No
Enhanced Printing Support

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Barcode

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Document–level Operations :

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Merge Documents

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Split Document

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Overlay Documents

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Import Pages

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Stamp

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Booklet

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Document Settings :

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core
Custom Metadata

 Yes

 No

 No
Document Properties

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Page Orientation

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Page Sizes

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Viewer Preferences

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Tagged PDF with section 508 compliant

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Forms:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Fields

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Form Filling

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Flatten

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Import Form Data

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Form Export

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

XFA Forms:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Fields

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes*
Form Filling

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes*

*Supported on ASP.NET Core 2.0 and above

Document Conversion:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

TIFF to PDF

 Yes

 Yes

 No
HTML to PDF

 Yes

 No

 Yes*
RTF To PDF

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
DOC To PDF

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Excel To PDF

 Yes

 Yes*

 Yes*
PDF OCR

 Yes

 No

 No
XPS to PDF

 Yes

 Yes

 No
SVG to PDF

 Yes

 No

 No
EMF to PDF

 Yes

 No

 No
PDF to PDF/A-1b

 Yes

 No

 No

*Supported on .NETStandard 2.0 and above

PDF Standards:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

PDF/ A-1b Compliance

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
PDF/ A-2b Compliance

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
PDF/ A-3b Compliance

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
PDF/x1a: 2001 Compliance

 Yes

 Yes

 No
ZUGFeRD Invoice

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Fonts:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core
Standard Fonts

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
CJK Fonts

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
TrueType Fonts

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Unicode TrueType

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Images:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Scalar Images

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Soft Mask

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Vector Images

 Yes

 No

 No
Watermarks

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Tables:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

ADO.Net Tables Support

 Yes

 No

 No
Cell / Row / Column Formatting

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Header

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Pagination

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Borders

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
RowSpan and ColumnSpan

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Nested table

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Cell Padding and Spacing

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Page Level Operations:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Headers and Footers

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Page Label

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Automatic Fields

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Interactive Elements:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

3D-Annotation

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Measurement Annotations

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Action

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Attachment

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Bookmark

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Hyperlink

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Portfolio

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Import Annotation Data

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Export Annotation Data

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

Security:

Features

 .NET Framework

 UWP

 Xamarin and .NET Core

Digital Signature

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Digital Signature with LTV

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Encryption and Decryption

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes
Redaction

 Yes

 No

 No