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How to convert a Word document to PDF in ASP.NET Core?

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Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO Renderer is a .NET Core Word to PDF conversion library (Essential® DocIO and Essential® PDF) used to convert Word documents to PDF in ASP.NET Core application [C#].

Steps to convert Word document to PDF programmatically in ASP.NET Core:

  1. Create new C# .NET Core console application.

Create .NET Core Web application in Visual Studio in ASP.NET Core Word

  1. Install the Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.NET.Core NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Core application from NuGet.org.

Add DocIO Renderer NuGet package reference to the project in ASP.NET Core Word

  1. Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using System.IO;
  1. Use the following code snippet to create Word document with “Hello World” text and convert Word document to PDF.

C#

//Creates a new Word document.
WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument();
//Add a section & a paragraph in the empty document.
wordDocument.EnsureMinimal();
//Append text to the last paragraph of the document.
wordDocument.LastParagraph.AppendText("Hello World...!");
//Create instance for DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion
DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer();
//Converts Word document to PDF.
PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);
//Release the resources used by the Word document and DocIO Renderer objects.
render.Dispose();
wordDocument.Dispose();
//Saves the PDF file.
FileStream outputStream = new FileStream(@"Ouput.pdf", FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.Write);
pdfDocument.Save(outputStream);
//Closes the instance of PDF document object.
pdfDocument.Close();
//Dispose the instance of FileStream.
outputStream.Dispose();

A complete working example of how to convert Word document to PDF using .NET Core Word library can be downloaded from WordToPDF_Example.Zip.

By executing the example program, you will get the PDF document as like below.

Converted PDF document in ASP.NET Core Word

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find other file format conversions with code examples and the procedure to deploy the application in Linux OS.

Explore more about the rich set of Syncfusion® Word Framework features.

An online example to convert Word document to PDF in ASP.NET Core web application.

Note:

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion® assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer to link to learn about generating and registering Syncfusion® license key in your application to use the components without trail message.

 

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to convert a Word document to PDF in ASP.NET Core.

You can refer to our ASP.NET Core Word feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our ASP.NET Core Word example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

For current customers, you can check out our components from the License and Downloads page. If you are new to Syncfusion®, you can try our 30-day free trial to check out our other controls.

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PV
Pieter van Kampen

Hurray!

PV
Pieter van Kampen

No chart support yet. I suggest mentioning that in the KB. If you need chart support, it takes a lot of effort before you discover that it is not there.

DB
Dilli Babu Nandha Gopal

Hi Pieter,


Currently, chart is not supported in Word to PDF conversion in ASP.NET Core application. We will update the limitations of Word to PDF conversion in our UG documentation page.


Regards,

Dilli babu.

GR
gra-moore

This is great, just wondering how to control the way the the pdf is saved. Specifically, how to save it in pdf-1a format?

Thanks,

Graham

DB
Dilli Babu Nandha Gopal

Hi Graham,

Thank you for using Syncfusion products.

Currently DocIORenderer doesn’t have support to generate a PDF document with pdf-1a conformance. We have logged this as a feature request in our database. We will implement this feature in any of our upcoming releases. At present, we cannot provide any concrete timeline for this feature implementation. We will let you know once this feature is implemented.

Regards,
Dilli babu.

BN
bastien neyer

All the nuget package names are outdated!


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