.Net Component to convert all the major file formats to PDF

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I'm looking for a .net component (Open source or commercial) which can convert all the major frequently used file formats to PDF without making use of a print driver. I'm looking for a support for the following file formats

MS word (doc, docx)
MS Excel (xls, xlsx)
MS PowerPoint (ppt, pptx)
Major Image formats
HTML to pdf
txt, rtf etc.

Any suggestions?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/598980/generation-pdf-from-html-component-for-net — sajoshi, Mar 10 '11 at 05:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '15 at 15:21

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You could probably use GemBox.Document and GemBox.Spreadsheet. They are able to work with most document and spreadsheet files. Take a look and see if they suit you. There are free versions as well.

answered Nov 27 '15 at 15:21

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 08:51

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Google search lead me to this

and you may check DevExprees Team to see if the got something helpful

answered Mar 10 '11 at 08:51

Rami Alshareef

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We have already evaluated Aspose and it is great. But it is very costly. – NLV Mar 10 '11 at 10:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '11 at 09:26

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The main products that I'm aware of is Aspose. You'll probably need the following

Aspose.Words
Aspose.Cells
Aspose.Slides
Aspose.PDF
Aspose.PDFKit

answered Mar 10 '11 at 09:26

Ian

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Just realised, I'm not sure it handles Images standalone, but probably within the other packages. – Ian Mar 10 '11 at 09:28

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 15 '12 at 03:31

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The following MSDN document may help: Saving Word 2007 Documents to PDF and XPS Formats

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answered Mar 10 '11 at 05:37

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What's 'this'? Please provide some information describing this link. – jjnguy Mar 10 '11 at 17:09

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 05:41

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as someone who spent time looking for such a solution for my company's product--I can tell you that you are not going to find one. It does not exist. Sorry, dude. :(

answered Mar 10 '11 at 05:41

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I can't find rtf to pdf converter – dns Aug 14 '14 at 01:05

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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This question is almost identical to this one. So I have repeated my reply to that one below.

Shameless plug, as I worked on this product, but try the PDF Conversion Services. Scalable, reliable, optimised for server use, adds new formats all the time (see new DXF and DWG support), supports watermarking, PDF Security etc. Has a web services based interface, so works well with C#, Java and many other platforms.

Code sample here.

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answered Mar 10 '11 at 08:37

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Do you have a .NET DLL? I do not want to install any services but need a DLL. – Vivek Sep 20 '12 at 18:43

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 09:23

To output any format of file to another format requires the interpretation of the file, an in some cases proprientary formats, then a rendering of that into a new format. Most of these converters use printer drivers with existing API's etc to print to a PostScript Driver (available on most machines) then converting the PS file to PDF, which can be done via GhostScript.

Most Office documents (and supporting formats, txt, html etc) can be done this way, via office automation or using products that provide better API's. You may even be able to print directly to PDF in this case.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 14 '11 at 00:57

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A slightly cheaper, though not comprehensive product is Solid Documents. We're using it and it handles office xml formats without automation, though it does automate when you give it a binary office document.

answered Mar 14 '11 at 00:57

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.Net Component to convert all the major file formats to PDF

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