Working with Document Conversions

27 Sep 202224 minutes to read

Converting Word documents to PDF

Essential PDF allows you to convert a Word document into PDF. For converting a Word document to PDF, the following assemblies need to be referenced in your application

Assembly Name	Description
Syncfusion.DocIO.Base	This assembly has the core features for creating and manipulating Word documents.
Syncfusion.Compression.Base	This assembly is used to package the Word documents
Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.Base	This assembly is needed for converting the Word document to PDF.
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base	This assembly has the core features for creating PDF file.
Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base	This assembly has features to work with chart in Word document.

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

Assembly Name	Description
Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF	This assembly is used to convert the chart to image.
Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF	This is supporting assembly for Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF
Syncfusion.Shared.WPF	This is supporting assembly for Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.WPF

The following namespaces are required to compile the code in this topic.

For Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC applications

using Syncfusion.OfficeChart
using Syncfusion.DocIO
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
using Syncfusion.DocToPDFConverter
using Syncfusion.Pdf
using Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter

For ASP.NET Core and Xamarin applications

using Syncfusion.DocIO
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer
using Syncfusion.Pdf

DocToPDFConverter class is responsible for converting a Word document into PDF. The following code snippet illustrates how to convert a Word document into PDF document.

C#
VB.NET
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Load an existing Word document

WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument("Template.docx", FormatType.Docx);

//Initialize chart to image converter for converting charts during Word to pdf conversion

wordDocument.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter();

//Create an instance of DocToPDFConverter

DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter();

//Convert Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

//Save the PDF file

pdfDocument.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf");

//Close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(true);

wordDocument.Close();
'Load an existing Word document

Dim wordDocument As New WordDocument("Template.docx", FormatType.Docx)

'Initialize chart to image converter for converting charts during Word to pdf conversion

wordDocument.ChartToImageConverter = New ChartToImageConverter()

'Create an instance of DocToPDFConverter

Dim converter As New DocToPDFConverter()

'Convert Word document into PDF document

Dim pdfDocument As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument)

'Save the PDF file

pdfDocument.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf")

'Close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(True)

wordDocument.Close()
// Open the file as Stream

FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Template.docx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

//Loads file stream into Word document

WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Automatic);

//Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion

DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer();

//Converts Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

//Releases all resources used by the Word document and DocIO Renderer objects

render.Dispose();

wordDocument.Dispose();

//Save the document into stream

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

pdfDocument.Save(stream);

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the documents

pdfDocument.Close(true);

//Defining the ContentType for pdf file

string contentType = "application/pdf";

//Define the file name

string fileName = " WordtoPDF.pdf";

//Creates a FileContentResult object by using the file contents, content type, and file name

return File(stream, contentType, fileName);
//Load the Word document as stream

Stream docStream = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Sample.Assets.Template.docx");

//Load the stream into word document

WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Automatic);

//Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion

DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer();

//Converts Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

//Releases all resources used by the Word document and DocIO Renderer objects

render.Dispose();

wordDocument.Dispose();

//Save the document into memory stream

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

pdfDocument.Save(stream);

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the document 

pdfDocument.Close();

//Save the stream into pdf file

//The operation in Save under Xamarin varies between Windows Phone, Android and iOS platforms. Please refer PDF/Xamarin section for respective code samples

if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone || Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Windows)
{
    Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISaveWindowsPhone>().Save("WordtoPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
}
else
{
    Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().Save("WordtoPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Note:

Initializing the ChartToImageConverter is mandatory to convert the charts present in the Word document to PDF. Otherwise the charts will not be exported to the converted PDF.
ChartToImageConverter is supported from .NET Framework 4.0 onwards.
Total number of pages may vary based on unsupported elements in the converted PDF document when compare to Word document.

Customizing the Word document to PDF conversion

Essential DocIO allows you to customize the Word to PDF conversion with the below options:

Allows to determine the quality of the charts in the converted PDF
Allows to determine the quality of the JPEG images in the converted PDF
Allows to reduce the Main Memory usage in Word to PDF conversion by reusing the identical images.

C#
VB.NET
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Loads an existing Word document

WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument("Sample_Image.docx", FormatType.Docx);

//Initialize chart to image converter for converting charts during Word to pdf conversion

wordDocument.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter();

//Set the scaling mode for charts

wordDocument.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Normal;

//create an instance of DocToPDFConverter - responsible for Word to PDF conversion

DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter();

//Set the image quality

converter.Settings.ImageQuality = 100;

//Set the image resolution

converter.Settings.ImageResolution = 640;

//Set true to optimize the memory usage for identical images

converter.Settings.OptimizeIdenticalImages = true;

//Convert Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

//Save the PDF file to file system

pdfDocument.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf");

//close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(true);

wordDocument.Close();
'Loads an existing Word document

Dim wordDocument As New WordDocument("Sample_Image.docx", FormatType.Docx)

'Initialize chart to image converter for converting charts during Word to pdf conversion

wordDocument.ChartToImageConverter = New ChartToImageConverter()

'Set the scaling mode for charts

wordDocument.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Normal

'create an instance of DocToPDFConverter - responsible for Word to PDF conversion

Dim converter As New DocToPDFConverter()

'Set the image quality

converter.Settings.ImageQuality = 100

'Set the image resolution

converter.Settings.ImageResolution = 640

'Set true to optimize the memory usage for identical images

converter.Settings.OptimizeIdenticalImages = True

'Convert Word document into PDF document

Dim pdfDocument As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument)

'Save the PDF file to file system

pdfDocument.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf")

'close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(True)

wordDocument.Close()
//Essential PDF supports customizing the Word document to PDF conversion only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC Platforms.
//Essential PDF supports customizing the Word document to PDF conversion only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC Platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Converting Excel documents to PDF

ExcelToPdfConverter is responsible for converting an Excel document into PDF. Essential PDF allows you to convert an entire workbook or a single worksheet into PDF document. Refer to the following links for assemblies/nuget packages required based on platforms to convert Excel document into PDF.

NOTE

Excel to PDF conversion works proper in Blazor server-side alone and not in client-side.

Converting a Workbook to PDF

The following code illustrates how to convert a workbook to PDF Document using ExcelToPdfConverter.

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
using(ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
  IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
  IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic);

  //Open the Excel document to Convert
  ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook);

  //Initialize PDF document
  PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();

  //Convert Excel document into PDF document
  pdfDocument = converter.Convert();

  //Save the PDF file
  pdfDocument.Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf");
}
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
  Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013
  Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic)

  'Open the Excel document to convert
  Dim converter As ExcelToPdfConverter = New ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook)

  'Initialize the PDF document
  Dim pdfDocument As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()

  'Convert Excel document into PDF document
  pdfDocument = converter.Convert()

  'Save the PDF file
  pdfDocument.Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf")
End Using
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
    
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx");
	
    IWorkbook workbook = await application.Workbooks.OpenAsync(excelStream);

    //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

    //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(workbook);

    //Save the PDF document to stream.
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    await doc.SaveAsync(stream);

    //Save the stream as PDF document file in local machine. Refer to PDF/UWP section for respected code samples
    Save(stream, "ExcelToPDF.pdf");

    excelStream.Dispose();
    stream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
   IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   FileStream excelStream = new FileStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
   IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);

   //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
   XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

   //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
   PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(workbook);

   Stream stream = new FileStream("ExcelToPDF.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
   pdfDocument.Save(stream);

   excelStream.Dispose();
   stream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx");

    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);

    //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

    //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(workbook);

    //Save the PDF document to stream.
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    doc.Save(stream);

    stream.Position = 0;

    //Save the stream into pdf file
    if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone || Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Windows)
    {
        Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISaveWindowsPhone>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
    }
    else
    {
        Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
    }

    excelStream.Dispose();
    stream.Dispose();
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Converting a Worksheet to PDF

The following code shows how to convert a particular sheet to PDF Document using ExcelToPdfConverter.

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
Using(ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
  IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;

  IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic);
  IWorksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

  //convert the sheet to PDF
  ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(sheet);

  PdfDocument pdfDocument= new PdfDocument();
  pdfDocument = converter.Convert();
  pdfDocument.Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf");       
}
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
  Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013

  Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic)
  Dim sheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

  'Converts the particular sheet 
  Dim converter As ExcelToPdfConverter = New ExcelToPdfConverter(sheet)

  Dim pdfDocument As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
  pdfDocument = converter.Convert()

  'Save the PDF file
  pdfDocument.Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf")
End Using
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
    
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx");
	
    IWorkbook workbook = await application.Workbooks.OpenAsync(excelStream);
	IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
	
    //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

    //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(worksheet);

    //Save the PDF document to stream.
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    await doc.SaveAsync(stream);

    // Save the stream as PDF document file in local machine. Refer to PDF/UWP section for respected code samples
    Save(stream, "ExcelToPDF.pdf");

    excelStream.Dispose();
    stream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
   IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   FileStream excelStream = new FileStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
   IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);
   IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
   
   //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
   XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

   //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
   PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(worksheet);

   Stream stream = new FileStream("ExcelToPDF.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
   pdfDocument.Save(stream);

   excelStream.Dispose();
   stream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx");

    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);
    IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

    //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

    //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(worksheet);

    //Save the PDF document to stream.
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    doc.Save(stream);

    stream.Position = 0;

    //Save the stream into pdf file
    if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone || Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Windows)
    {
        Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISaveWindowsPhone>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
    }
    else
    {
        Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
    }

    excelStream.Dispose();
    stream.Dispose();
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Creating individual PDF document for each worksheet

The following code snippet shows how to create an individual PDF document for each worksheet in a workbook.

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
Using(ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
  IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
  IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic);

  PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();     

  foreach (IWorksheet sheet in workbook.Worksheets)
  {
    ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(sheet);
    pdfDocument = converter.Convert();

    //Save the PDF file
    pdfDocument.Save(sheet.Name+".pdf");
    converter.Dispose();
  }
}
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
  Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013
  Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.xlsx")

  Dim pdfDocument As New PdfDocument()

  For Each sheet As IWorksheet In workbook.Worksheets
    Dim converter As New ExcelToPdfConverter(sheet)
    PdfDocument = converter.Convert()

    'Save the PDF file
    PdfDocument.Save(sheet.Name + ".pdf")
    converter.Dispose()
  Next
End Using
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
    
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx");
	
    IWorkbook workbook = await application.Workbooks.OpenAsync(excelStream);
	
    //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();
	PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();     
    	
    foreach (IWorksheet sheet in workbook.Worksheets)
    {
      pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(sheet);
    
	  //Save the PDF file
	  MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
	  await doc.SaveAsync(stream);
	  
	  //Save the stream as PDF document file in local machine. Refer to PDF/UWP section for respected code samples.
      Save(stream, sheet.Name+".pdf");
	  stream.Dispose();
    }
	
    excelStream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
   IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   FileStream excelStream = new FileStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
   IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);
   
   //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
   XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();
   PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();     
    	
   foreach (IWorksheet sheet in workbook.Worksheets)
   {
     pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(sheet);
   
     //Save the PDF file
     Stream stream = new FileStream(sheet.Name+".pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
     pdfDocument.Save(stream);
     stream.Dispose();
   }

   excelStream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ExcelToPDF.xlsx");

    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);

    //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();     
     	
    foreach (IWorksheet sheet in workbook.Worksheets)
    {
      pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(sheet);
    
      //Save the PDF file
      Stream stream = new FileStream(sheet.Name+".pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
      pdfDocument.Save(stream);
	  
	  stream.Position = 0;
	  //Save the stream into pdf file
      if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone || Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Windows)
      {
          Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISaveWindowsPhone>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
      }
      else
      {
          Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
      }
      stream.Dispose();
    }    
    excelStream.Dispose();
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Excel with Chart to PDF

To preserve the charts during Excel to PDF conversion, you should initialize the ChartToImageConverter of IApplication interface, otherwise the charts present in worksheet will get skipped. The following code illustrate how to convert an Excel with chart to PDF document.

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
Using(ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
  IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;

  //Instantiating the ChartToImageConverter and assigning the ChartToImageConverter instance of XlsIO application
  application.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter();

  //Tuning chart image quality
  application.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Best;

  IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("chart.xlsx");
  IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

  ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook);

  PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();
  pdfDocument = converter.Convert();
  pdfDocument.Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf");
}
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
  Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013

  'Instantiating the ChartToImageConverter and assigning the ChartToImageConverter instance of XlsIO application
  application.ChartToImageConverter = New ChartToImageConverter()

  'Tuning chart image quality
  application.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Best

  Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("chart.xlsx")
  Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

  Dim converter As New ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook)
  
  Dim pdfDocument As New PdfDocument()
  pdfDocument = converter.Convert()
  pdfDocument.Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf")
End Using
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
    
	//Initializing XlsIORenderer
	XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();
	
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("chart.xlsx");
	
    IWorkbook workbook = await application.Workbooks.OpenAsync(excelStream);
	    
	//Convert Excel document with charts into PDF document 
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(workbook);	
	
	//Save the PDF document to stream.
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    await doc.SaveAsync(stream);

    //Save the stream as PDF document file in local machine. Refer to PDF/UWP section for respected code samples
    Save(stream, "ExcelToPDF.pdf");

    excelStream.Dispose();
    stream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
   IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
   
   //Initialize XlsIO renderer.
   XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();
   
   FileStream excelStream = new FileStream("chart.xlsx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
   IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);

   //Convert Excel document with charts into PDF document 
   PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(workbook);

   Stream stream = new FileStream("ExcelToPDF.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
   pdfDocument.Save(stream);

   excelStream.Dispose();
   stream.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;

	//Initialize XlsIO renderer.
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();
	
    //Gets assembly
    Assembly assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

    //Gets input Excel document from an embedded resource collection
    Stream excelStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("chart.xlsx");

    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelStream);
    
    //Convert Excel document into PDF document 
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(workbook);

    //Save the PDF document to stream.
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    doc.Save(stream);

    stream.Position = 0;

    //Save the stream into pdf file
    if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone || Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Windows)
    {
        Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISaveWindowsPhone>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
    }
    else
    {
        Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().Save("ExcelToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
    }

    excelStream.Dispose();
    stream.Dispose();
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Supported Elements

This feature provides support for the following elements:

Styles
Character formatting
Headers and footers
Images
Text box
Hyperlinks
Document properties
Comments
Encryption
Table Style Support
Text Rotations
Excel Page Setup Options
Unicode Support
Background Images
Printing Titles when Converting the Excel to PDF
Page Break Support
Print Area Support
Print Order Support
Unicode in Headers and Footers

Unsupported Elements

The following list contains unsupported elements that presently will not be preserved in the generated PDF document.

Grouping columns
OLE Objects
Text rotations
Background images

Converting RTF documents to PDF

Essential PDF allows you to convert a RTF to PDF document. For converting a RTF to PDF, the following assemblies need to be referenced in your application

Assembly Name	Description
Syncfusion.DocIO.Base	This assembly has the core features for creating and manipulating RTF documents.
Syncfusion.Compression.Base	This assembly is used to package the RTF documents
Syncfusion.DocToPdfConverter.Base	This assembly is needed for converting the RTF to PDF.
Syncfusion.Pdf.Base	This assembly has the core features for creating PDF file.

The following namespaces are required to compile the code in this topic.

For Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC applications

using Syncfusion.DocIO
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
using Syncfusion.DocToPDFConverter
using Syncfusion.Pdf

For ASP.NET Core and Xamarin applications

using Syncfusion.DocIO
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer
using Syncfusion.Pdf

DocToPDFConverter class is responsible for converting a RTF to PDF. The following code snippet illustrates how to convert a RTF to PDF document.

C#
VB.NET
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Load an existing RTF document

WordDocument rtfDocument = new WordDocument(inputFileName);

//Create an instance of DocToPDFConverter

DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter();

//Convert Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(rtfDocument);

//Save the PDF file

pdfDocument.Save("RTFToPDF.pdf");

//Close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(true);

rtfDocument.Close();
'Load an existing Word document

Dim rtfDocument As New WordDocument(inputFileName)

'Create an instance of DocToPDFConverter

Dim converter As New DocToPDFConverter()

'Convert Word document into PDF document

Dim pdfDocument As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(rtfDocument)

'Save the PDF file

pdfDocument.Save("RTFToPDF.pdf")

'Close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(True)

rtfDocument.Close()
//Open the file as Stream

FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.rtf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

//Loads file stream into Word document

WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Automatic);

//Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion

DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer();

//Converts Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);

//Releases all resources used by the Word document and DocIO Renderer objects

render.Dispose();

wordDocument.Dispose();

//Save the document into stream

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

pdfDocument.Save(stream);

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the documents

pdfDocument.Close(true);

//Defining the ContentType for pdf file

string contentType = "application/pdf";

//Define the file name

string fileName = " RTFToPDF.pdf";

//Creates a FileContentResult object by using the file contents, content type, and file name

return File(stream, contentType, fileName);
//Load the Word document as stream

Stream docStream = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Sample.Assets.Input.rtf");

//Load an existing Word document

WordDocument rtfDocument = new WordDocument(docStream, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Automatic);

//Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion

DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer();

//Converts Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(rtfDocument);

//Releases all resources used by the Word document and DocIO Renderer objects

render.Dispose();

rtfDocument.Dispose();

//Save the document into memory stream

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

pdfDocument.Save(stream);

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the document 

pdfDocument.Close();

//Save the stream into pdf file

//The operation in Save under Xamarin varies between Windows Phone, Android and iOS platforms. Please refer PDF/Xamarin section for respective code samples.

if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone || Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Windows)
{
    Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISaveWindowsPhone>().Save("RTFToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
}
else
{
    Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().Save("RTFToPDF.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

NOTE

Total number of pages may vary based on unsupported elements in the converted PDF document when compare to RTF document.

Customizing the RTF to PDF conversion

Essential DocIO allows you to customize the RTF to PDF conversion with the below options:

Allows to determine the quality of the JPEG images in the converted PDF
Allows to reduce the Main Memory usage in RTF to PDF conversion by reusing the identical images.

C#
VB.NET
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Loads an existing Word document

WordDocument rtfDocument = new WordDocument(inputFileName);

//create an instance of DocToPDFConverter - responsible for Word to PDF conversion

DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter();

//Set the image quality

converter.Settings.ImageQuality = 100;

//Set the image resolution

converter.Settings.ImageResolution = 640;

//Set true to optimize the memory usage for identical images

converter.Settings.OptimizeIdenticalImages = true;

//Convert Word document into PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(rtfDocument);

//Save the PDF file to file system

pdfDocument.Save("RTFToPDF.pdf");

//close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(true);

rtfDocument.Close();
'Loads an existing Word document

Dim rtfDocument As New WordDocument(inputFileName)

'create an instance of DocToPDFConverter - responsible for Word to PDF conversion

Dim converter As New DocToPDFConverter()

'Set the image quality

converter.Settings.ImageQuality = 100

'Set the image resolution

converter.Settings.ImageResolution = 640

'Set true to optimize the memory usage for identical images

converter.Settings.OptimizeIdenticalImages = True

'Convert Word document into PDF document

Dim pdfDocument As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(rtfDocument)

'Save the PDF file to file system

pdfDocument.Save("RTFToPDF.pdf")

'close the instance of document objects

pdfDocument.Close(True)

rtfDocument.Close()
//Essential PDF supports customizing the RTF to PDF conversion only Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC platforms.
//Essential PDF supports customizing the RTF to PDF conversion only Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Converting TIFF to PDF

Converting multi page TIFF to PDF

Multi frame TIFF image can be converted to PDF document. This can be done by accessing each frame of the multi frame TIFF image and rendering it in each page of the PDF document.

The code snippet to illustrate the same is given below.

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Create a PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();

//Load multi frame TIFF image

PdfBitmap tiffImage = new PdfBitmap("image.tiff");

//Get the frame count

int frameCount = tiffImage.FrameCount;

//Access each frame and draw into the page

for (int i = 0; i < frameCount; i++)

{

	tiffImage.ActiveFrame = i;

	//Add a section to the PDF document

	PdfSection section = pdfDocument.Sections.Add();

	//Set page margins

	section.PageSettings.Margins.All = 0;

	//Create a PDF unit converter instance

	PdfUnitConvertor converter = new PdfUnitConvertor();

	//Convert to point

	SizeF size = converter.ConvertFromPixels(tiffImage.PhysicalDimension, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);

	//Set page orientation

	section.PageSettings.Orientation = (size.Width > size.Height) ? PdfPageOrientation.Landscape : PdfPageOrientation.Portrait;

	//Set page size

	section.PageSettings.Size = size;
	
	//Add a page to the section
	
	PdfPage page = section.Pages.Add();

	//Draw TIFF image into the PDF page

	page.Graphics.DrawImage(tiffImage, PointF.Empty, size);

}

//Save and close the document

pdfDocument.Save("Sample.pdf");

pdfDocument.Close(true);
'Create a PDF document

Dim pdfDocument As New PdfDocument()

'Load multi frame TIFF image

Dim tiffImage As New PdfBitmap("image.tiff")

'Get the frame count

Dim frameCount As Integer = tiffImage.FrameCount

'Access each frame and draw into the page

For i As Integer = 0 To frameCount - 1

tiffImage.ActiveFrame = i

'Add a section to the PDF document

Dim section As PdfSection = pdfDocument.Sections.Add()

'Set page margins

section.PageSettings.Margins.All = 0

'Create a PDF unit converter instance

Dim converter As New PdfUnitConvertor()

'Convert to point

Dim size As SizeF = converter.ConvertFromPixels(tiffImage.PhysicalDimension, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)

'Set page orientation

If size.Width > size.Height Then section.PageSettings.Orientation = PdfPageOrientation.Landscape

'Set page size

section.PageSettings.Size = size

'Add a page to the section

Dim page As PdfPage = section.Pages.Add()

'Draw TIFF image into the PDF page

page.Graphics.DrawImage(tiffImage, PointF.Empty, size)

Next

'Save and close the document

pdfDocument.Save("Sample.pdf")

pdfDocument.Close(True)
//Create a PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();

//Load multi frame TIFF image

Stream imageStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Sample.Assets.image.tiff");

PdfBitmap tiffImage = new PdfBitmap(imageStream);

//Get the frame count

int frameCount = tiffImage.FrameCount;

//Access each frame and draw into the page

for (int i = 0; i < frameCount; i++)

{

    tiffImage.ActiveFrame = i;

    //Add a section to the PDF document

	PdfSection section = pdfDocument.Sections.Add();

	//Set page margins

	section.PageSettings.Margins.All = 0;

	//Create a PDF unit converter instance

	PdfUnitConvertor converter = new PdfUnitConvertor();

	//Convert to point

	SizeF size = converter.ConvertFromPixels(tiffImage.PhysicalDimension, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);

	//Set page orientation

	section.PageSettings.Orientation = (size.Width > size.Height) ? PdfPageOrientation.Landscape : PdfPageOrientation.Portrait;

	//Set page size

	section.PageSettings.Size = size;
	
	//Add a page to the section
	
	PdfPage page = section.Pages.Add();

	//Draw TIFF image into the PDF page

	page.Graphics.DrawImage(tiffImage, PointF.Empty, size);

}

MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();

//Save the document

await pdfDocument.SaveAsync(memoryStream);

//Close the documents

pdfDocument.Close(true);

//Save the stream as PDF document file in local machine. Refer to PDF/UWP section for respected code samples

Save(memoryStream, "Sample.pdf");
//Create a new PDF document

PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();

//Load the multi frame TIFF image from the disk

FileStream imageStream = new FileStream("image.tiff", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

PdfTiffImage tiffImage = new PdfTiffImage(imageStream);

//Get the frame count

int frameCount = tiffImage.FrameCount;

//Access each frame and draw into the page

for (int i = 0; i < frameCount; i++)
{
	//Add a section to the PDF document

	PdfSection section = document.Sections.Add();

	//Set page margins

	section.PageSettings.Margins.All = 0;

	tiffImage.ActiveFrame = i;

	//Create a PDF unit converter instance

	PdfUnitConvertor converter = new PdfUnitConvertor();

	//Convert to point

	Syncfusion.Drawing.SizeF size = converter.ConvertFromPixels(tiffImage.PhysicalDimension, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);

	//Set page orientation

	section.PageSettings.Orientation = (size.Width > size.Height) ? PdfPageOrientation.Landscape : PdfPageOrientation.Portrait;

	//Set page size

	section.PageSettings.Size = size;
	
	//Add a page to the section
	
	PdfPage page = section.Pages.Add();

	//Draw TIFF image into the PDF page

	page.Graphics.DrawImage(tiffImage, Syncfusion.Drawing.PointF.Empty, size);
}

//Creating the stream object

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

//Save the document as stream

document.Save(stream);

//If the position is not set to '0' then the PDF will be empty

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the document

document.Close(true);

//Defining the ContentType for pdf file

string contentType = "application/pdf";

//Define the file name

string fileName = "Output.pdf";

//Creates a FileContentResult object by using the file contents, content type, and file name

return File(stream, contentType, fileName);
//Essential PDF supports converting multi page TIFF to PDF only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and UWP platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHubhttps://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/PDF-Examples/tree/master/Document%20conversion/TIFF-to-PDF/Converting-multipage-TIFF-to-PDF-document.

NOTE

Essential PDF supports converting TIFF to PDF with Syncfusion.Pdf.Imaging.Portable assembly reference in ASP.NET Core.

Compression in monochrome images

Essential PDF supports JBIG2 compression for best compression of monochrome images.

Refer the below code snippet to draw a single frame monochrome TIFF image with JBIG2 compression

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Create a PDF document

PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument();

//Add a page

PdfPage page = pdfDocument.Pages.Add();

//Load single frame TIFF image

PdfBitmap tiffImage = PdfImage.FromFile("image.tiff") as PdfBitmap;

//Set encode type

tiffImage.Encoding = EncodingType.JBIG2;

//Draw an image

page.Graphics.DrawImage(tiffImage, 0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height);

//Save and close the document

pdfDocument.Save("Sample.pdf");

pdfDocument.Close(true);
'Create a PDF document

Dim pdfDocument As New PdfDocument()

'Add a page

Dim page As PdfPage = pdfDocument.Pages.Add()

'Load single frame TIFF image

Dim tiffImage As PdfBitmap = TryCast(PdfImage.FromFile("image.tiff"), PdfBitmap)

'Set encode type

tiffImage.Encoding = EncodingType.JBIG2

'Draw an image

page.Graphics.DrawImage(tiffImage, 0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height)

'Save and close the document

pdfDocument.Save("Sample.pdf")

pdfDocument.Close(True)
//Essential PDF supports compressing monochrome images only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and UWP platforms.
//Essential PDF supports compressing monochrome images only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and UWP platforms.
//Essential PDF supports compressing monochrome images only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and UWP platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

NOTE

Currently the JBIG2Decode compression is supported only in lossy mode and also only single frame TIFF images are supported.

By default, all monochrome images will be compressed in CITTT4 compression.

Converting XPS document to PDF

The XPS (XML Paper Specification) document format is a fixed document format which consists of structured XML markup that defines the layout of a document and the visual appearance of each page, along with rendering rules for distributing, archiving, rendering, processing and printing the documents.

Essential PDF provides support for converting XPS to PDF using XPSToPdfConverter class.

The below code illustrates how to convert XPS to PDF.

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Create converter class

XPSToPdfConverter converter = new XPSToPdfConverter();

//Convert the XPS to PDF

PdfDocument document = converter.Convert(xpsFileName);

//Save and close the document

document.Save("Sample.pdf");

document.Close(true);
'Create converter class

Dim converter As New XPSToPdfConverter()

'Convert the XPS to PDF

Dim document As PdfDocument = converter.Convert(xpsFileName)

'Save and close the document

document.Save("Sample.pdf")

document.Close(True)
//Create converter class

XPSToPdfConverter converter = new XPSToPdfConverter();

//Load the XPS file

Stream fileStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Sample.Assets.input.xps");

//Convert the XPS to PDF

PdfDocument document = converter.Convert(fileStream);

MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();

//Save the document

await document.SaveAsync(memoryStream);

//Close the documents

document.Close(true);

//Save the stream as PDF document file in local machine. Refer to PDF/UWP section for respected code samples.

Save(memoryStream, "Sample.pdf");
//Initialize XPS to PDF converter.

XPSToPdfConverter converter = new XPSToPdfConverter();

//Open the XPS file as stream.

FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(“Input.xps", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite);

//Convert the XPS to PDF

PdfDocument document = converter.Convert(fileStream);

//Creating the stream object

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); 

//Save the document into stream.

document.Save(stream); 

//If the position is not set to '0' then the PDF will be empty.

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the documents.

document.Close(true); 

//Defining the ContentType for pdf file.

string contentType = "application/pdf";

//Define the file name. 

string fileName = "Output.pdf"; 

//Creates a FileContentResult object by using the file contents, content type, and file name. 

return File(stream, contentType, fileName);
//Essential PDF supports converting XPS document to PDF only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and UWP platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

NOTE

Essential PDF supports converting XPS to PDF with Syncfusion.XpsToPdfConverter.Net.Core package reference in .NET Core application.

Supported Elements

The below table shows the list of elements supported in XPS during the conversion.

Element	Convert to PDF
ArcSegment	Yes
Canvas	Yes
DocumentOutline	No
DocumentReference	No
FigureStructure	No
FixedPageResources	Yes
Glyphs	Yes
Gradient	Yes
ImageBrush (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIFF)	Yes
Intent	Yes
LinkTarget	Yes
ListItemStructure	Yes
ListStructure	Yes
MatrixTransform	Yes
NamedElement	No
OutlineEntry	No
PageContent	Yes
PageContentLinkTargets	No
ParagraphStructure	No
Path	Yes
PolyBezierSegment	Yes
PolyLineSegment	Yes
PolyQuadraticBezierSegment	Yes
ResourceDictionary	Yes
SectionStructure	No
SignBy	No
SignatureDefinition	No
SignatureDefinitions	No
SigningLocation	No
SolidColorBrush	Yes
SpotLocation	No
Story	No
TableStructure	No
VisualBrush	No

Converting PDF to Image

Essential PdfViewerControl allows selected pages to be exported as raster images. Exporting can be done using the ExportAsImage method. This option helps to convert a PDF into an image.

NuGet

Platform(s)	NuGet Package
Windows Forms	Syncfusion.Pdfviewer.Windows.nupkg
WPF	Syncfusion.Pdfviewer.Wpf.nupkg
ASP.NET Core Windows	Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer.AspNet.Core.Windows.nupkg

NOTE

The above mentioned NuGet packages are available in nuget.org

The following code snippet illustrates how to convert PDF page into image in WPF.

C#
VB.NET
ASP.NET Core
//Initialize the PdfViewer Control

PdfViewerControl pdfViewer = new PdfViewerControl();

//Load the input PDF file

PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("../../Data/Barcode.pdf");

pdfViewer.Load(loadedDocument);

//Export the particular PDF page as image at the page index of 0.

BitmapSource image = pdfViewer.ExportAsImage(0);

//Setup the output path

string output = @"Image";

if (image != null)

{

   //Initialize the new PngBitmapEncoder

   BitmapEncoder encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();

   //Create the bitmap frame using the bitmap source and add it to the encoder.

   encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image));

   //Create the file stream for the output in the desired image format.

   FileStream stream = new FileStream(output + ".png", FileMode.Create);

   //Save the stream, so that the image will be generated in the output location.

   encoder.Save(stream);

}

//Close the document.

loadedDocument.Close(true);
'Initialize the PdfViewer Control

Dim pdfViewer As PdfViewerControl = New PdfViewerControl()

'Load the input PDF file

Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("../../Data/Barcode.pdf")

pdfViewer.Load(loadedDocument)

'Export the particular PDF page as image at the page index of 0.

Dim image As BitmapSource = pdfViewer.ExportAsImage(0)

'Setup the output path

Dim output As String = "Image"

If image IsNot Nothing Then

    'Initialize the New PngBitmapEncoder

    Dim encoder As BitmapEncoder = New PngBitmapEncoder()

    'Create the bitmap frame using the bitmap source And add it to the encoder.

    encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image))

    'Create the file stream for the output in the desired image format.

    Dim stream As FileStream = New FileStream(output & ".png", FileMode.Create)

    'Save the stream, so that the image will be generated in the output location.

    encoder.Save(stream)

End If

'Close the document.

loadedDocument.Close()
//Uses the Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer assembly

PdfRenderer pdfExportImage = new PdfRenderer();

//Loads the PDF document

pdfExportImage.Load(@"..\..\..\Data\Barcode.pdf");

//Exports the PDF document pages into images

Bitmap bitmapimage = pdfExportImage.ExportAsImage(0);

//Save the exported image in disk

bitmapimage.Save(@"Images\" + "bitmapImage" + ".png");

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet illustrates how to convert a specific range of pages of the PDF file into images in WPF.

C#
VB.NET
ASP.NET Core
//Initialize the PdfViewer Control

PdfViewerControl pdfViewer = new PdfViewerControl();

//Load the input PDF file

PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("../../Data/Barcode.pdf");

pdfViewer.Load(loadedDocument);

//Export all the pages as images at the specific page range.

BitmapSource[] image = pdfViewer.ExportAsImage(0, loadedDocument.Pages.Count - 1);

//Setup the output path

string output = @"Image";

if (image != null)

{

    for (int i = 0; i < image.Length; i++)

    {

        //Initialize the new PngBitmapEncoder

        BitmapEncoder encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();

        //Create the bitmap frame using the bitmap source and add it to the encoder.

        encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image[i]));

        //Create the file stream for the output in the desired image format.

        FileStream stream = new FileStream(output + i.ToString() + ".png", FileMode.Create);

        //Save the stream, so that the image will be generated in the output location.

        encoder.Save(stream);

    }

}

//Close the document.

loadedDocument.Close(true);
'Initialize the PdfViewer Control

Dim pdfViewer As PdfViewerControl = New PdfViewerControl()

'Load the input PDF file

Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("../../Data/Barcode.pdf")

pdfViewer.Load(loadedDocument)

'Export all the pages as images at the specific page range.

Dim image As BitmapSource() = pdfViewer.ExportAsImage(0, loadedDocument.Pages.Count - 1)

'Setup the output path

Dim output As String = "Image"

If image IsNot Nothing Then
            
    For i As Integer = 0 To image.Length - 1
        
        'Initialize the New PngBitmapEncoder
        
        Dim encoder As BitmapEncoder = New PngBitmapEncoder()
        
        'Create the bitmap frame using the bitmap source and add it to the encoder.
        
        encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image(i)))
        
        'Create the file stream for the output in the desired image format.
        
        Dim stream As FileStream = New FileStream(output & i.ToString() & ".png", FileMode.Create)
        
        'Save the stream, so that the image will be generated in the output location.
        
        encoder.Save(stream)
        
    Next

End If

'Close the document.

loadedDocument.Close()
//Uses the Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer assembly

PdfRenderer pdfExportImage = new PdfRenderer();

//Loads the PDF document

pdfExportImage.Load(@"..\..\..\Data\Barcode.pdf");

//Exports the PDF document pages into images

Bitmap[] bitmapimage = pdfExportImage.ExportAsImage(0, pdfExportImage.PageCount-1);

for (int i =0; i < pdfExportImage.PageCount; i++)

{

// Save the exported image in disk

bitmapimage[i].Save(@"Images\" + "bitmapImage" + i.ToString() + ".png");

}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

NOTE

The PDF Viewer server library allows the PDF document pages to be exported as raster images. Exporting can be done using the ExportAsImage() method. This option helps to convert a PDF into an image in Net Core.

NOTE

For converting PDF into Image in Windows Forms platform, please refer the PdfViewer documentation.

MHTML to PDF

The MHTML file can be converted to PDF using WebKit rendering engine. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/"; 
           
//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert MHTML to PDF

PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert("input.mhtml");  
    
//Save the document

document.Save("Sample.pdf");

document.Close();
'Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)

Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert MHTML to PDF

Dim document As PdfDocument = htmlConverter.Convert("input.mhtml")

'Save the document

document.Save("Sample.pdf")

document.Close()
//Essential PDF supports converting MHTML to PDF only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Core platforms.
//Initialize HTML to PDF converter 

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinariesDotNetCore/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert MHTML to PDF

PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert(@"input.mhtml");

//Save the document into stream

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

document.Save(stream);

stream.Position = 0;

//Close the documents

document.Close(true);

//Defining the ContentType for pdf file

string contentType = "application/pdf";

//Define the file name

string fileName = " Sample.pdf";

//Creates a FileContentResult object by using the file contents, content type, and file name

return File(stream, contentType, fileName);
//Essential PDF supports converting MHTML to PDF only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Core platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

HTML to MHTML

The WebKit HTML Converter provides support for converting the webpage to MHTML. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert URL to MHTML

htmlConverter.ConvertToMhtml("http://www.syncfusion.com", "sample.mhtml");
'Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)      
  
Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert URL to MHTML

htmlConverter.ConvertToMhtml("http://www.syncfusion.com", "sample.mhtml")
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to MHTML only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to MHTML only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to MHTML only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

HTML to Raster Image

The WebKit HTML Converter provides support for converting webpage to Image. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert URL to Image

Image[] image = htmlConverter.ConvertToImage("http://www.syncfusion.com");

//Save the image

image[0].Save("Sample.jpg");
'Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)

Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert URL to Image

Dim image As Image() = htmlConverter.ConvertToImage("http://www.syncfusion.com ")

'Save the image

image(0).Save("Sample.jpg")
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to raster image only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinariesDotNetCore/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert URL to Image

Image image = htmlConverter.ConvertToImage("http://www.google.com");

byte[] imageByte = image.ImageData;

//Save the image

File.WriteAllBytes("Output.jpg", imageByte);
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to raster image only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

HTML string to Raster Image

The WebKit HTML Converter provides support for converting HTML string to Image. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
string htmlString = "<html><body>Hello World!!!</body></html>";

string baseURL = "";

//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert HTML string to Image

Image[] image = htmlConverter.ConvertToImage(htmlString, baseURL);

//Save the image

image[0].Save("Sample.jpg");
Dim htmlString As String = "<html><body>Hello World!!!</body></html>"

Dim baseURL As String = ""

'Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)

Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert HTML string to Image

Dim image As Image() = htmlConverter.ConvertToImage(htmlString, baseURL)

'Save the image

image(0).Save("Sample.jpg")
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML string to raster image only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinariesDotNetCore/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//HTML string and Base URL

string htmlString = "<html><body>Hello World!!!</body></html>";

string baseURL = "";

//Convert HTML string to Image

Image image = htmlConverter.ConvertToImage(htmlString, baseURL);

byte[] imageByte = image.ImageData;

//Save the image

File.WriteAllBytes("Output.jpg", imageByte);
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML string to raster image only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Partial webpage to Raster Image

The WebKit HTML Converter provides support for converting partial webpage to Image. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
HTML
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Initialize HTML converter 

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

// WebKit converter settings

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Assign the WebKit binaries path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";

//Assign the WebKit settings

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert Partial HTML to Image

Image[] image = htmlConverter.ConvertPartialHtmlToImage("input.html", "pic");

//Save Image

image[0].Save("Output.jpg");
'Initialize HTML converter 

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)

' WebKit converter settings

Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Assign the WebKit binaries path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign the WebKit settings

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert Partial HTML to Image

Dim image As Image() = htmlConverter.ConvertPartialHtmlToImage("input.html", "pic")

'Save Image

image(0).Save("Output.jpg")
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
Hello world
	<div id="pic">
		<img src=" syncfusion_logo.gif" alt="Smiley face" width="42" height="42"><br>
		This is a Syncfusion Logo
	</div>
	<div>
		Hello world
	</div>
</body>
</html>
//Essential PDF supports converting partial webpage to raster image only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinariesDotNetCore/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert Partial HTML to Image

Image image = htmlConverter.ConvertPartialHtmlToImage("http://www.google.com", "lga");

byte[] imageByte = image.ImageData;

//Save the image

File.WriteAllBytes("Output.jpg", imageByte);
//Essential PDF supports converting partial webpage to raster image only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

HTML to SVG

The WebKit HTML Converter provides support for converting HTML to SVG. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";

//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert URL to SVG

htmlConverter.ConvertToSvg("http://www.syncfusion.com", "sample.svg");
'Initialize HTML converter with WebKit rendering engine

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)

Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Set WebKit path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert URL to SVG

htmlConverter.ConvertToSvg("http://www.syncfusion.com", "sample.svg")
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to SVG only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core (Windows) platforms.
//Initialize the HTML converter with the WebKit rendering engine.

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Set the WebKit path.

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinariesDotNetCore/";

//Assign the WebKit settings to HTML converter.

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Initialize the memory stream.

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

//Convert URL to SVG.

htmlConverter.ConvertToSvg("http://www.syncfusion.com", stream);

//Save the document.

using (FileStream output = new FileStream("Sample.svg", FileMode.Create))
{
      stream.CopyTo(output);
}
//Essential PDF supports converting HTML to SVG only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core (Windows) platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHubhttps://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/PDF-Examples/tree/master/Document%20conversion.

NOTE

HTML to SVG conversion is not supported in the Mac platforms.

Partial webpage to SVG

The WebKit HTML Converter provides support for converting partial webpage to SVG. Please refer the below code snippet,

Prerequisites - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#prerequisites-for-windows

Troubleshooting - https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/convert-html-to-pdf/webkit#troubleshooting

C#
VB.NET
HTML
UWP
ASP.NET Core
Xamarin
//Initialize HTML converter 

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

// WebKit converter settings

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Assign the WebKit binaries path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";

//Assign the WebKit settings

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Convert Partial HTML to SVG

htmlConverter.ConvertPartialHtmlToSvg("input.html", "pic", "Output.svg");
'Initialize HTML converter 

Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)

' WebKit converter settings

Dim webKitSettings As New WebKitConverterSettings()

'Assign the WebKit binaries path

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"

'Assign the WebKit settings

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings

'Convert Partial HTML to SVG

htmlConverter.ConvertPartialHtmlToSvg("input.html", "pic", "Output.svg")
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
Hello world
	<div id="pic">
		<img src=" syncfusion_logo.gif" alt="Smiley face" width="42" height="42"><br>
		This is a Syncfusion Logo
	</div>
	<div>
		Hello world
	</div>
</body>
</html>
//Essential PDF supports converting partial webpage to SVG only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core (Windows) platforms.
//Initialize the HTML converter with the WebKit rendering engine

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

// WebKit converter settings.

WebKitConverterSettings webKitSettings = new WebKitConverterSettings();

//Assign the WebKit binaries path.

webKitSettings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinariesDotNetCore/";

//Assign WebKit settings.

htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = webKitSettings;

//Initialize the memory stream.

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

//Convert a partial HTML to SVG.

htmlConverter.ConvertPartialHtmlToSvg("input.html", "pic", stream);

//Save the document.

using (FileStream output = new FileStream("Sample.svg", FileMode.Create))
{
      stream.CopyTo(output);
}
//Essential PDF supports converting partial webpage to SVG only in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core (Windows) platforms.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

NOTE

Partial HTML to SVG conversion is not supported in the Mac platforms