I am looking for the bare minimum in PDF creation here. I need to specify fonts, and embed a few images, nothing fancy.
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ItextSharp looks good, but is there something smaller available? I don't need so many features.
Ola Eldøy
2008-12-17 07:57:21
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If you really need something small, why not craft yourself your own PDF library ? The PDF Reference are availables online freely, and it's not that hard to write pdf's, it's really just a funny looking text file.
mat
2008-12-17 08:13:34
The sheer size of the PDF Reference is certainly daunting, but you're right. Writing a small PDF library with a very limited scope shouldn't be that hard.
Ola Eldøy
2008-12-17 08:34:15
"Writing a small PDF library with a very limited scope shouldn't be that hard." - famous last words.
Patrick Klug
2010-10-14 03:19:11
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ASPPDFlib.dll from Persist Software.Its very easy to use. Also, when you download, it gives you a help/guide manual along with several examples on how to implement.
Samiksha
2008-12-17 08:51:45
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Specifying fonts (outside the standard ones) and handling images is fancy in pdf. I've written my own (simple) pdf library once, and switched to a large existing one for those. You might notice that lots of libraries still do not support OpenType.
LibHaru is smaller. It's just c.
Stephan Eggermont
2008-12-17 09:02:45
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more importantly, why after x years do M$ still not support PDF in dotnet ?!?
crazy that dotnet should fail so badly.
dave
2009-11-11 16:44:16
Because it's a competing product. Microsoft's answer is the OpenXPS format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_OpenXPS_and_PDF
AlexanderN
2010-10-14 02:49:35
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This guy is still in alpha, but it may have some of the code you are looking for or you could help out..
http://www.stefanochizzolini.it/en/projects/clown/index.html
ps: don't let the name of the project change your opinion
AlexanderN
2010-10-14 02:45:00