Is there an open source .NET library that can render PDFs to images (for server-side processing)? I know of PDFsharp, AFAIK it can only create and process PDFs, not render them.
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A:
PDFCreator and GhostScript can be used together to do this, both open source.
Matt Ephraim made a nice wrapper for Ghostscript in C# here.
All the processing I've done is on client-side, but PDFCreator supposedly has server capabilities described here
UPDATE:
PDFCreator Server capabilities are briefly described HERE.
Joey
2009-10-29 16:47:02
+1: GhostScriptSharp is awesome.
Matt Ball
2009-10-29 16:57:04
@Matt Ball Thanks!
Matt Ephraim
2009-10-29 20:42:20
To me it seems that it can only create PDFs, not render them. Just like PdfSharp. Is this a wrong impression?
erikkallen
2009-10-29 23:54:49
I believe I misread the question are you looking to display a pdf in a form?
Tony Heflin
2009-10-30 13:56:05
A:
You can use FoxIt's SDK to render a PDF to a device context. They have a DLL for win/linux and an ActiveX. See their programmer's guide. You'll see some relevant entries in the TOC in the first few pages.
scott
2009-10-31 20:10:34
A:
Foxit may work for someone else, but this question is about open source.
Joey's answer looks promising and leads me to
Introducing GhostscriptSharp
vatavian
2010-03-03 22:21:28