i am new to C#.net,i had downloaded pdfsharp lib. but how to add those lib in our project. My project is create a pdf file.Plz provide me step/step instruction. After unziping it has 32 folders. i tried by coping it in my pro folder. but same error come.
"The type or namespace name 'PdfSharp' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"
I think you have downloaded the source files. Open the file BuildAll-PdfSharp.sln in visual studio and build the project. Then it will generate the dll files that you have to reference in your own project.
Hope this helps.
/Klaus
you have to add the dll as a reference to your Visual Studio solution. In the project explorer, in the Reference node, right click and add reference. Search for that dll and add it to the project.
If you wish to use this library you need to add a reference to the assembly (dll) that contains the library. To add references simply right click on your project in solution explorer and select add reference, you will then have a tabbed dialog box that allows you to add references to dlls in the GAC, other projects in your solution or browse to dlls located anywhere on your PC.
All the folders you see are the source code and sample projects that show you how to use the library. If you open the "BuildAll-PdfSharp.sln" which is contained in the root of the code directory you will be able to build PDFSharp and get the dll. It will be in the folder user code PdfSharp\bin
Once you have the dll you can add it to your solution by browsing to the location of the dll on disc. When I add third party libraries to my project I have a lib folder at the root of my working folder where all the dlls are placed. References to these in the project files then use relative paths and will be available to anyone else working on the project when they get the latest from your source repository.
You can add the existing projects (*.csproj) that come with the PDFsharp source code to your solution and then reference these projects. If you do so, you can jump into the PDFsharp source code and IntelliSense will also work. Check the samples to see which references you need.
All required assemblies will automatically be copied to the bin/debug or bin/release folder respectively of your application.
If you only downloaded the binaries, add references to the DLL files.
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.
PDFsharp Forum:
http://forum.pdfsharp.net/
PDFsharp Website:
http://www.pdfsharp.net/
Download the Assemblies version from this URL: http://pdfsharp.codeplex.com/releases/view/37054