About Xceed PDF Library for .NET

Create or manipulate PDF documents directly from your .NET applications.

Xceed PDF Library for .NET is a lightweight component that helps you edit, sign and secure PDF documents from your .NET applications. It includes an easy-to-use API which allows you to either add, modify or extract elements to or from a PDF file.

PDF Generation

  • The simple-to-use API allows to easily create PDF documents from scratch. Once a PDF is created, it is then possible to add extra pages, text, shapes, form fields & other useful elements into it.
  • Text can be stylized using standard fonts, or system embedded fonts taken from simple .tff files. If needed, it can be wrapped around specific areas to create neat and professional-looking documents with easy-to-read paragraphs.
  • You can add interactivity using hyperlinks and form fields. All major form fields types are supported:
    • Text fields
    • Number fields
    • Date/Time fields
    • Checkbox fields
    • Combo box fields
    • Listbox fields
    • Radio buttons
    • Digital signature fields

Modification and Extraction

  • PDF Library for .NET’s API allows to modify characteristics of existing PDF documents; for example, it is possible to easily modify the size of your document’s pages. Once the document is modified, it is possible to save it so that you don’t lose all of the modifications you’ve just made.
  • The API also offers various options to extract information from existing PDF documents. This means that it is possible to extract elements like specific pages, words, characters, as well as other text-related elements, like fonts, character sizes and the colors used to stylize specific characters. Images and paths (lines and rectangles), along with form fields, hyperlinks, bookmarks, attachments and even document-specific characteristics like metadata and page rotation are also part of Xceed PDF Library for .NET’s extraction package.