PDF Document Processor

• Jul 05, 2018
• 3 minutes to read

The PDF Document Processor is a non-visual .NET library that allows you to easily generate PDF files from scratch and manipulate existing PDF documents.

Getting Started
In this section, you will get acquainted with the PDF Document Processor. Getting Started Describes the first steps to create a PDF processing console application in Visual Studio. Online Demos Shows all available demos related to DevExpress PDF Document Processor. Examples Contains task-based examples for the PDF Document Processor.
Coordinate Systems
The topic in this section: Coordinate Systems Describes coordinate systems used in the PDF Document Processor and PDF Viewer (WinForms and WPF).
Generating a Document
The topic in this section: Generating a Document Describes how to generate a document layout from scratch.
PDF Graphics
This section contains the following topics: Overview Contains basic information on PDF Graphics API. Creating PDF Graphics Context Create PDF Graphics context. Drawing into Graphics Context Draw your own graphics into PDF graphics context using the following elements: Image String Graphics (lines, Bezier curves, polygons, ellipses and paths). Adding Graphics Content to a Page Add created graphics content to a page. Adding Interactive Form Fields Add interactive form fields to a document.
Document Manipulation
This section contains all the required information related to programmatic PDF manipulation. Merging Documents Merge different documents into a single PDF. Page Manipulation Add/Insert a new page into a document, copy pages from one document to another PDF, delete or rotate a page in a document.
Additional Content
The topics in this section. Bookmarks Create bookmarks from scratch, change bookmark attributes (e.g. rename a bookmark, change its destination or font style) and delete bookmarks. Hyperlinks Add a hyperlink to a page or URI. Attachments Attach any number of files to document and access files attached to a document.
Interactive Forms
This section contains all the required information related to an interactive form in a document. Interactive Form Filling Fill existing interactive forms. Interactive Form Flattening Flatten interactive forms in a document. Creating Interactive Form Create interactive form fields and add them to a document. Deleting Interactive Form Remove interactive form fields from a document. Export and Import Interactive Form Data Export and import interactive form data in various formats - FDF, XFDF, XML and TXT.
Text Markup Annotations
The PDF Document Processor provides API that can be used to manipulate (create, modify or remove) text markup annotations in pages. The topics in this section contain all the required information related to text markup annotation manipulation in a document. Creating Create markup annotations for a text and add them to a page. Modifying Change existing text markup annotations in a page. Deleting Remove text markup annotations from a page in a document.
Document Security
This section describes how to use save options to protect a document with a password and sign the document with a digital signature. Protecting a Document Protect a document using both the owner and user passwords. In addition, you can optionally specify user permissions for printing, data extraction, document modification and interactive operations. Signing a Document Apply a digital signature to a document.
Content Extraction
This section describes how to get content (an image, text) from a document. Extracting Text from a Document Extract text from documents. Extracting Images from a Document Extract images from documents. Searching for Text in a Document Find text in documents.
Printing
This section describes how to print a document and customize print settings. Printing Print any page in a document.