PdfPrintingOptions.RenderingEngine Property

Specifies the engine that renders PDF content.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

public XRPdfRenderingEngine RenderingEngine { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property RenderingEngine As XRPdfRenderingEngine

Property Value

Type	Description
XRPdfRenderingEngine	The engine that renders PDF content.

Available values:

Name	Description
GdiPlus	The GDI+ rendering engine.
DirectX	The DirectX rendering engine.
Skia	The Skia rendering engine.
Default	Automatically detects the rendering engine based on the platform: Skia on Linux; GDI+ on Azure.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to RenderingEngine
PrintingOptions	.Pdf .RenderingEngine

Remarks

Use this property to change the engine that renders PDF content if the default engine does not satisfy your needs.

On Linux and Windows Azure platforms, set this property to Skia (on Linux, the SkiaSharp NuGet package should be installed).

When this property is set to Default, the rendering engine is selected based on the platform:

• Linux uses the Skia engine.
• Windows uses the DirectX engine.
• Windows Azure uses the GDI+ engine.