IronPDF

 IronPDF

The C# PDF Library

# Generate PDFs from HTML, images and ASPX files

# Read PDF text - extract data and images

# Merge, split and manipulate PDFs

# Designed for C#, .Net, VB, ASPX, ASP.NET, MVC, .NET Core

 

Overview

 

Convert HTML to PDF directly in C# and VB.Net

Avoid wasting time learning new APIs, proprietary software or time consuming programming patterns. IronPDF contains a fully licensed Google Chrome rendering engine for C# which can convert HTML pages or string to PDF documents with full support for Javascript, AJAX, images, SVG, Web Fonts and CSS.

 

Extract and Re-use PDF Text and Images

IronPDF allows you to automatically read pdf text using C# for injection into your C# & VB .NET Core or framework applications and date storage solutions. Import, migrate and index content from legacy PDF document storage into your document management and business process applications.

 

Elegant Tools to Edit PDF Documents in .NET Core or Framework

From merging, to splitting, to editing PDFs, use your development skills to output exactly the right PDF at the right time. IronPDF puts a growing array of feature sets directly into your hands, inside your C# / VB ASP Dot Net Core or Framework PDF Project.

 

Works With Documents You Already have

Point IronPDF at your existing HTML, ASPX forms, MVC views and image files to convert directly to PDF. This utilizes your existing assets and web pages to render your data in PDF format.

 

Rapid Installation With Microsoft Visual Studio

IronPDF puts PDF generation and manipulation tools in your own hands quickly with fully intellisense support and a Visual Studio installer. Whether installing directly from NuGet with Visual Studio or downloading the DLL, you'll be set up in no time. Just one DLL and no dependencies.

 

IronPDF Features

 

IronPDF is a .NET library allowing developers to create, edit and export PDF documents.

 

HTML to PDF technology

Our industry leading PDF Library uses a fully featured, heedless and embedded Chrome / Webkit based web browser as its rendering engine. No installation required.

 

We do not know of a more accurate HTML to PDF converter.

 

Create PDF documents using:

·HTML Strings and Templates

·ASPX WebForms

·MVC Views

·HTML documents

·or from any URL

 

HTML to PDF Supports:

·Full and high fidelity HTML 4 and HTML 5 rendering

·CSS 3

·Javascript

·Image assets

·SVG assets

·Icon Fonts (Fontello, Bootstrap, FontAwesome)

·Responsive layouts

·External stylesheets and assets (http https or filesystem)

·Static and multithreaded rendering

·Loading URLS using with custom:

〇 Network login credentials

〇 UserAgents

〇 Proxies

〇 Cookies

〇 HTTP headers

〇 Form variables allowing login behind HTML login forms

 

HTML to PDF Settings

·Set custom “base URI” or file paths allowing asset files to be easily loaded from file system or across the web

·Virtual View port (Width and Height) allowing for responsive layouts to be used

·Screen or Print CSS media types

·Convert Html Forms to PDF forms

〇 Read only or editable

·Load custom stylesheets programmatically

·Set output PDF resolution in DPI

·Set JPEG image quality

·Enable Javascript support including optional Render delays

·Custom page numbering

·Automatically scale HTML content to fit paper dimensions

〇 Preserving text rendering quality

·Full Color and Grayscale PDF

·Accept HTML encoded in any major file encoding. Default to UTF-8

·Set PDF paper margins

〇 Set in in mm or inches

〇 Supports zero margin PDFs

·Create PDFs using any standard international paper size

〇 Support for custom sizing in mm or inches

〇 Paper orientations in landscape or portrait

·Enable or Disable HTML backgrounds from showing in PDFs

·Custom zoom

 

Utilities

ImagetoDataURI utility makes it easy to embed System.Drawing image objects into HTML strings.

 

ASPX to PDF

Automatically render an ASPX webform as PDF in 3 lines of code. PDF documents may be set to download or display in the browser.

 

PDF Imaging

IronPDF makes it easy to work to convert PDF documents to and from Images.

 

Image To PDF

Convert any number of image files or System.Daring objects into a PDF in 1 line of code

 

PDF to Image

Rasterize any or all PDF pages to Images

 

Image Extraction

Extract embedded images an existing PDF

 

Image Support

·BMP, JPEG, GIF, ONG and TIFF Files

·System.Drawing Bitmap and Image Objects

 

PDF Printing

·Turn any PDF into a PrintDocument object

·Programmatically send PDFs to a Printer without Adobe

 

PDF FIle IO

PDFs can be loaded or saved from Files, Binary Data or MemoryStreams including:

·Load and save PDFS

·Support save and load using user and administrator passwords with 128 bit encryption

 

PDF Signatures

Digitally Sign a PDF or add additional signatures after editing.

·Set Signature Images, Location , Metadata, Contact information and Timestamps

·Verify PDF signatures

 

Editing PDFS

·Add, Edit and Remove PDF Outlines / Bookmarks

·Add text annotations (stick notes) programmatically to any PDF page

·Add foreground or background overlays from HTML or PDF assets.

·Add HTML watermarks with opacity to any PDF

·Stamp new HTML Content onto any existing PDF page

·Add logical or HTML headers and footers to any PDF

·Merge and Join PDF pages

·Copy Add, and Remove pages

·Rotate pages.

·Edit MetaData , user permissions & PDF passwords

 

PDF Content Extraction

Extract plain Text and Images from existing PDFs

 

Headers and Footers

Headers and Footers can be added when a PDF is created, or added to existing PDFS.

 

Logical Headers and Footers

·Fonts size and Font Family

·Divider Lines

·Simple API using Center Left and Right text fields

 

HTML Header Footers

·Supports CSS, Images and even JS

·BaseUrl for loading assets from http, https or file system

·Load or ignore CSS from parent HTML document

 

Headers and Footers support merged data induing:

·Page numbers

·page count

·titles

·url

·time and date

 

Compatibility

 

Framework 4 and above

Works on Windows, Azure

 

Core 2.0 and above

Supports, MacOS, Linux, Windows and Azure