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WinUI PDF Library - Overview

The Syncfusion PDF Library is a feature-rich and high-performance WinUI PDF library that allows you to add robust PDF functionalities to any WinUI application. It allows you to create, read, and edit PDF documents programmatically. This library also offers functionality to merge, split, stamp, form-fill, and secure PDF files.

Overview diagram of WinUI PDF Library.


General information

Blazing-fast performance

Optimized performance to work in an environment where speed and low memory usage are critical.

Powerful and comprehensive API

All the elements in a typical PDF document like text, formatting, images, shapes, and tables are accessible through a comprehensive set of APIs.

Create, modify, and save PDF files

Essential PDF gives you the ability to create PDF documents from scratch and save them to a disk or stream with just a few lines of code. Existing documents can also be opened and manipulated.

Fully documented

Syncfusion Essential PDF comes with extensive documentation, a knowledge base, and samples.


PDF forms

Create forms in WinUI PDF Library.

Create forms

Create AcroForms from scratch or existing documents to collect information from users.

Edit forms in WinUI PDF Library.

Edit forms

Move fields around. Change fields’ border color, fonts, size, etc. Add, delete, and edit form fields.

Fill forms in WinUI PDF Library.

Fill forms

Fill AcroForms with database information quickly and effortlessly or directly from an internet or intranet user.

Flatten forms in WinUI PDF Library.

Flatten forms

Flatten an AcroForm to remove the editing capability of the document.


Organize

Merge or append PDFs.

Merge or append PDFs

Merge different PDF documents or pages into single PDF document to archive or to add title pages to a document.

Split PDFs.

Split PDFs

Split a PDF document of many pages into a smaller PDF document to remove unwanted pages, blank pages, and more.

Rearrange.

Rearrange

Rearrange the pages within the PDF document to make the document more meaningful.

Portfolio.

Portfolio

Create a portfolio that allows you to bundle related documents together. Extract and delete files from the portfolio.


Manipulation

Watermark existing PDFs.

Watermark PDFs

Existing documents can be loaded and stamped with text or images.

Extract text.

Extract text from PDFs

Text in a document can be extracted. The layout of text in a PDF is preserved during its extraction.


Tables

Data binding.

Data binding

Data can be easily imported from an IEnumerable collection.

Formatting.

Formatting

Create richly formatted tables to keep your data organized, with both basic and advanced operations in cells, rows, and columns.

Styling.

Styling

Built-in table styles are available and will look like Microsoft Word table styles. More advanced styling options are also available.


Security

Encrypt and decrypt PDFs.

Encrypt and decrypt PDFs

Essential PDF supports both AES and RC4 encryption algorithms as per the ISO 32000 standards and PDF 2.0 security to protect documents against unauthorized access.

Digitally sign PDF files.

Digitally sign PDF files

Documents can be digitally signed using x509 certificates such as .pfx files with private keys with support for the online certificate status protocol (OCSP) and certificate revocation list (CRL) to offer authenticity and integrity.


Interactive elements

Annotations.

Annotations

Add, edit, and remove comments with highlighting, mark-up, free text, and 17+ annotations.

PDF actions.

PDF actions

Add predefined actions like form actions, launch actions, and named actions, to attachments, form fields, and annotations. PDF Library also supports custom PDF JavaScript actions.

Bookmarks.

Bookmarks

Add bookmarks to a PDF document to allow navigation interactively from one part of the PDF document to another. Editing and deletion of bookmarks are also supported.

Attachment.

Attachment

Add, extract, and delete attachments from a PDF document. The attachments can be of any file format.


Standardize

Accessibility.

Accessibility

Create a tagged PDF or PDF/UA with standard compliance with section 508 for the people who require assistive technologies when reading electronic content.

ZUGFeRD.

ZUGFeRD

Create ZUGFeRD-compliant PDF invoices to exchange structured data in public and private sectors. These are human-readable invoices with text, graphics, and images, and machine-readable, structured invoice data in XML format.


Barcodes

Barcode 1D.

1D barcodes

Create 1D or linear barcodes in a PDF document with vector quantity and save as raster images. Supported 1D barcodes are code39, codabar, code128a, and more.

Barcode 2D.

2D barcodes

Create 2D barcodes in a PDF document with vector quantity and save as raster images. Supported 2D barcodes are QR code, Data Matrix, and PDF417 barcode.



Feature Matrix

Document and Page Features WinUI
Create a PDF document from scratch or modify an existing document.
Save the PDF document to a local or storage file.
Save the PDF document to a stream.
Open existing PDF documents from local or storage file.
Open existing PDF documents from stream.
Standard and custom page sizes.
Portrait and landscape orientations.
Document properties.
XMP metadata.
Custom metadata.
PDF standards conformance such as to PDF A1/B, PDF A2/B, and PDF A3/B.
Viewer preferences.
PDF portfolio.
Page layers.
Headers and footers.
Page labels.
Automatic fields such as page number field, date field, etc., for specific pages or the entire document.
Tagged PDF with section 508 compliance.
Security
Add digital signatures using x509 certificates.
Enable long-term validation (LTV) PDF signatures.
Encrypt/decrypt PDFs using 40-bit and 128-bit RC4 algorithm.
Encrypt/decrypt PDFs using 128-bit and 256-bit AES algorithm.
Encrypt/decrypt PDF using 256-bit AES algorithm with revision 6.
PDF contents
Add single, multiline, and multipage text with various standard and TrueType fonts.
Align text in RTL format for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
Apply text formatting including colors, alignments, line and character spacing, etc.
Add complex script language text such as Thai, Hindi, and Tamil.
Embed JPEG and PNG images.
Paginate images across multiple pages.
Add watermarks to the document using text or images.
Create richly formatted tables that can span across multiple pages.
Add geometric shapes like lines, rectangles, paths, and curves to the page graphics.
Apply pen and brush for graphic elements such as text and shapes.
Support for various color spaces such as CalRGB, CalGray, Indexed, and Separation.
Apply patterns and shadings to the graphics.
Insert hyperlinks that can navigate to a webpage, remote file, or even to a different region in the same document.
Fonts
14 types of standard or base fonts.
CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) fonts.
TrueType fonts.
Unicode TrueType fonts.
Tables
Import from different data sources.
Strongly typed IEnumerable objects.
Add row, column, cell, and table formatting.
Add row headers that can be repeated for all the pages.
Paginate tables across multiple pages with the ability to handle horizontal overflow.
Merge rows and columns.
Create nested tables that span across pages.
Forms
Create and modify forms.
Support for form fields like push button field, checkbox field, radio button field, text box field, list field, and combo box field.
Remove or reposition form fields.
Flatten the entire form or specific fields in the documents.
Import and export form data from FDF, XFDF, and XML files.
Barcodes
One-dimensional barcodes: Code 39, Code 39 Extended, Code 11, Codabar, Code 32, Code 93, Code 93 Extended, Code 128A, Code 128B, UPC bar code, and Code 128C.
Two-dimensional barcodes such as QR code, Data Matrix, and PDF417 barcodes.
Interactive Elements
Add annotations with associated notes.
Embed files as attachments.
Create and modify bookmarks for easier navigation.
Apply actions for elements such as form fields, bookmarks, and links.
Flatten all annotations or a specific annotation in the documents.
Annotation Types
Attachment annotation
Document link annotation
File link annotation
Ink annotation
Line annotation
3D annotation
Circle annotation
Ellipse annotation
FreeText annotation
Polygon annotation
Rectangle annotation
Square annotation
Text markup annotation
Pop-up annotation
Rubber stamp annotation
Sound annotation
URI annotation
Measurement Annotations
Line measurement annotation
Square measurement annotation
Circle measurement annotation
Action Types
Form action
Goto action
JavaScript action
Launch action
Named action
Field action
Reset action
Sound action
Submit action
URI action

Awards

Greatness—it’s one thing to say you have it, but it means more when others recognize it. Syncfusion is proud to hold the following industry awards.

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