Use Office File API on macOS
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This tutorial describes how to create a simple Office File API application for .NET on macOS.
#Prerequisites
#Add Common Libraries
The .NET library of the required version.
Optional. If your application needs to render JPEG images within PDF files, install the following package:
consolebrew install jpeg-turbo
#Add Drawing Engine Libraries
Make sure that you add the DevExpress.Drawing.Skia package to your application to use the SkiaSharp-Based drawing engine.
If you use the the System.Drawing.Common
package v7 and later, the Skia-based engine is enabled automatically and the libgdiplus
library is not required. Refer to the following article for more information on the drawing engines: DevExpress.Drawing Graphics Library
#Create the Application
Create a folder for you project (OfficeConsoleApp in this example) and open this folder in Visual Studio Code.
Click View → Terminal in the main menu to open the integrated terminal.
Use the dotnet new command to create a new console application.
dotnet new console
This command adds the following files to your folder:
OfficeConsoleApp.csproj / OfficeConsoleApp.vbproj
Program.cs / Program.vb.
#Add DevExpress.Document.Processor Package
Obtain your NuGet Feed URL and install the DevExpress.Document.Processor NuGet package as described in the following topic: Use NuGet Packages to Install Office File API Components.
Add the DevExpress.Pdf.SkiaRenderer package to enable rendering of PDF page content within your app.
Important
You need a license for the DevExpress Office File API Subscription or DevExpress Universal Subscription to use this package in production code.
#Insert Code
Paste the code below in the Main method of the Program.cs file (or Program.vb file’s Main procedure for Visual Basic). The following example converts a DOCX file to PDF:
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
// ...
static void Main(string[] args) {
using (var documentProcessor =
new RichEditDocumentServer()) {
// Load a document from a file.
documentProcessor.LoadDocument("Document.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
// Export the document to PDF.
documentProcessor.ExportToPdf("PdfDocument.pdf");
}
}
#Run the Application
Type dotnet run in the terminal window to run the program.
dotnet run
The following image illustrates the result. This tutorial uses Visual Studio Code.