Tables and charts using PDFSharp

Question

Hello!

I just started with a project that requires me to write to PDF file. After some googling I decided on using PDFSharp which looks simple enough, however I have a few questions regarding drawing tables and charts.

Is PDFSharp a good choice for writing pdf files that contain tables and charts? If no, can you recommend a better alternative? If yes, where could I find some good literature on the subject? A tutorial would be nice (doesn't have to be a sample project, just something I can use to familiarise myself with the library and its classes).

Can anyone tell me what MigraDoc's is all about? I just took a glimpse and it seems perfect for what I need, however I would like some more information about it.

Thank you for your input.

Answer 1

You should check out the iTextSharp dll. I found it better than Pdfsharp.

There are tutorials Here and Here as well including sourcecode. Also if you need some other examples of simple implementations I can mail you some stuff. Hope this helps, Regards

Answer 2

Hi!

PDFsharp is a "low level" PDF generator, while MigraDoc is a "high level" document generator that uses PDFsharp to create PDF files, but can also create e. g. RTF.

Visit the PDFsharp/MigraDoc Foundation Website for further information:
http://www.pdfsharp.net/

The best place to ask PDFsharp and MigraDoc Foundation related questions is the PDFsharp forum. The PDFsharp Team will not monitor stackoverflow.com on a regular basis.