How To: Convert a DOCX Document to PDF format

• Sep 19, 2019

This example demonstrates how to export a document to PDF format using the RichEditDocumentServer.ExportToPdf method.

To set the export options, an PdfExportOptions instance can be used. It provides a number of properties, such as PdfExportOptions.ImageQuality and PdfExportOptions.ConvertImagesToJpeg, allowing you to adjust the required settings for export.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535

ExportActions.cs

RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer();
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents\\MovieRentals.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

//Specify export options:
PdfExportOptions options = new PdfExportOptions();
options.DocumentOptions.Author = "Mark Jones";
options.Compressed = false;
options.ImageQuality = PdfJpegImageQuality.Highest;

//Export the document to the stream:
using (FileStream pdfFileStream = new FileStream("Document_PDF.pdf", FileMode.Create))
{
    wordProcessor.ExportToPdf(pdfFileStream, options);
}
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Document_PDF.pdf");

ExportActions.vb

Dim wordProcessor As RichEditDocumentServer = New RichEditDocumentServer()
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents\MovieRentals.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)

'Specify export options:
Dim options As New PdfExportOptions()
options.DocumentOptions.Author = "Mark Jones"
options.Compressed = False
options.ImageQuality = PdfJpegImageQuality.Highest

'Export the document to the stream: 
Using pdfFileStream As New FileStream("Document_PDF.pdf", FileMode.Create)
    wordProcessor.ExportToPdf(pdfFileStream, options)
End Using
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Document_PDF.pdf")