Compatibility

The compatibility list includes the following .NET versions, platforms and application types:

• .NET Framework 4.0 and above
• .NET 10, 9, 8, 7, 6
• .NET Standard 2.0
• Windows platforms
• Azure Cloud Services and Azure Virtual Machines
• Web, Console and Desktop applications

Getting Started

After adding a reference to the library to your project you are ready to start converting Word documents to PDF in your .NET application. You can copy the C# code from the section below to create a PDF document from a Word document and save the resulting PDF to a memory buffer for further processing, to a PDF file or send it to the browser for download in ASP.NET applications.

C# Code Samples

At the top of your C# source file add the using EvoWordToPdf; statement to make the EVO Word to PDF API available in your .NET application.

// add this using statement at the top of your C# file
using EvoWordToPdf;

To convert a Word file to a PDF file you can use the C# code below.

// create the converter object in your code where you want to run conversion
WordToPdfConverter converter = new WordToPdfConverter();

// convert the Word file to a PDF file
converter.ConvertWordFileToFile(@"my_word_file_path", "WordToFile.pdf");

To convert a Word file to a PDF document in a memory buffer and then save it to a file you can use the C# code below.

// create the converter object in your code where you want to run conversion
WordToPdfConverter converter = new WordToPdfConverter();

// convert a Word file to a memory buffer
byte[] wordToPdfBuffer = converter.ConvertWordFile("my_word_file_path");

// write the memory buffer to a PDF file
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("WordToMemory.pdf", wordToPdfBuffer);

To convert in your ASP.NET MVC application for .NET Framework a Word file to a PDF document in a memory buffer and then send it for download to browser you can use the C# code below.

// create the converter object in your code where you want to run conversion
WordToPdfConverter converter = new WordToPdfConverter();

// convert a Word file to a memory buffer
byte[] wordToPdfBuffer = converter.ConvertWordFile("my_word_file_path");

FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(wordToPdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
fileResult.FileDownloadName = "WordToPdf.pdf";
return fileResult;

To convert in your ASP.NET Web Forms application for .NET Framework a Word file to a PDF document in a memory buffer and then send it for download to browser you can use the C# code below.

// create the converter object in your code where you want to run conversion
WordToPdfConverter converter = new WordToPdfConverter();

// convert a Word file to a memory buffer
byte[] wordToPdfBuffer = converter.ConvertWordFile("my_word_file_path");

HttpResponse httpResponse = HttpContext.Current.Response;
httpResponse.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/pdf");
httpResponse.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
    String.Format("attachment; filename=WordToPdf.pdf; size={0}",
    wordToPdfBuffer.Length.ToString()));
httpResponse.BinaryWrite(wordToPdfBuffer);
httpResponse.End();

To convert in your ASP.NET Core application a Word file to a PDF document in a memory buffer and then send it for download to browser you can use the C# code below.

// create the converter object in your code where you want to run conversion
WordToPdfConverter converter = new WordToPdfConverter();

// convert a Word file to a memory buffer
byte[] wordToPdfBuffer = converter.ConvertWordFile("my_word_file_path");

FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(wordToPdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
fileResult.FileDownloadName = "WordToPdf.pdf";
return fileResult;

Free Trial

You can download the EVO Word to PDF Converter for .NET evaluation package from EVO PDF Downloads page of the website.

The evaluation package for .NET contains the product binaries and demo web and desktop projects with full C# code for .NET Framework and .NET Core.

You can evaluate the library for free as long as it is needed to ensure that the solution fits your application needs.

Licensing

The EVO PDF Software licenses are perpetual which means they never expire for a version of the product and include free maintenance for the first year. You can find more details about licensing on website.

Support

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