Built upon Adobe source code used for Acrobat, Datalogics Adobe PDF Library SDK provides stable, reliable code and the flexibility to develop with C# or VB (VB.NET) (interfaces are also available for C++ and Java). APDFL is the most complete SDK for PDF creation, manipulation and management. Best for enterprise/larger organizations of developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) who need to incorporate Adobe's PDF functionality into their own internal or external applications.
Extensive documentation and live support from PDF development experts.
Licensing and pricing options are customized to your usage and requirements. For OEM and SaaS customers we will provide you with a non-license managed software package for easier distribution embedded within your applications.
Extensive PDF Capabilities, including:
- [Windows and Linux only] Conversion of PDF to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) documents.
- Create and edit annotations
- Content creation and editing
- Color management and conversion
- Extraction of text, images, forms
- Redaction
- Content modification - merge, split, flatten, layers
- Compression / optimization / linearization for Fast Web View
- Display, Render, Print
- Conversion to PDF/A, PDF/X, EPS, PostScript, XPS, Factur-X, ZUGFeRD, image formats
- Forms - Import, export, flatten, AcroForms
- Image manipulation and conversion
- OCR
- Support for Optional Content Groups and PDF Layers
- Printing
- Security - Password, encrypt, watermark
- Search for and replace or edit text
A prompt will appear on your console when executing Datalogics sample code.
Alternatively, you may provide the activation key via the LicenseKey member of the Library class:
Library.LicenseKey = "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx";
using (Library lib = new Library())
{
// Your code goes here
}
This package supports x64 Windows, Linux, & macOS ARM as deployment targets and is a full-featured version of the product that will expire after some time. Contact evalsupport@datalogics.com to extend the evaluation.
Built upon Adobe source code used for Acrobat, Datalogics Adobe PDF Library SDK provides stable, reliable code and the flexibility to develop with C# or VB (VB.NET) (interfaces are also available for C++ and Java). APDFL is the most complete SDK for PDF creation, manipulation and management. Leading choice for enterprise/larger organizations of developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) who need to incorporate Adobe's PDF functionality into their own internal or external applications.
Live support from PDF development experts.
Licensing and Pricing options are customized to your usage and requirements. For OEM and SaaS customers we will provide you with a non-license managed software package for easier distribution embedded within your applications.
Hello World Samples
Open a PDF Document, Render the Page, and Save it as a JPEG
using Datalogics.PDFL;
using (Library library = new Library())
{
Document document = new Document("Sample_Input/ducky.pdf");
Page page = document.GetPage(0);
Image renderedImage = page.GetImage(page.CropBox, new PageImageParams());
renderedImage.Save("renderedImage.jpg", ImageType.JPEG);
}
Create a PDF Document, Create a Page, Add Text to the Page, Save as a New PDF
using Datalogics.PDFL;
using (Library library = new Library())
{
Document document = new Document();
Page newPage = document.CreatePage(Document.BeforeFirstPage, new Rect(0, 0, 612, 792));
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Hello World!", new Font("Times-Roman",
FontCreateFlags.Subset), new GraphicState(), new TextState(),
new Matrix(12, 0, 0, 12, 72, 720));
Text text = new Text();
text.AddRun(textRun);
newPage.Content.AddElement(text);
newPage.UpdateContent();
document.Save(SaveFlags.Full, "text-added.pdf");
}
Open a PDF Document, Convert it to a PDF/A-3b Document, Save as a New PDF
using Datalogics.PDFL;
using (Library library = new Library())
{
Document document = new Document("Sample_Input/invoice.pdf");
PDFAConvertResult pdfaResult = document.CloneAsPDFADocument(PDFAConvertType.RGB3b,
new PDFAConvertParams());
pdfaResult.PDFADocument.Save(pdfaResult.PDFASaveFlags, "converted-out.pdf");
}
Extensive PDF Capabilities
PDF Compression or Optimization
Image support (JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP)
Conversion of PDF to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) documents.
Conversion of PDF to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) documents.