Solid Framework to PDFNet Migration

Solid Framework to PDFNet Migration

SolidFramework to PDFNet

The PDFNet Structured Output Module is based on SolidFramework version 10.0.13386. Therefore, if you are running an older version of SolidFramework then you should review the following Changelog for any important changes between your current version and SolidFramework 10.0.13386. Once completed, you can continue with the rest of this guide.

https://solidframework.net/release-notes/

If you are new to PDFNet, please check out our PDF2Office sample application.

API Translation

The following translation tables can be used to map Solid Framework APIs to PDFNet APIs.

Common

Methods

Solid Framework	PDFNet
Convert() ConvertTo() AddSourceFile() AddSourceFiles() ClearSourceFiles() GetResultAsStream()	Convert.ToWord() Convert.ToExcel() Convert.ToPowerPoint() Convert.ToHtml()

PDFNet only supports converting one file at a time. No overwrite warning. File conversions only, no in-memory streams or byte arrays. No progress callbacks or cancel mechanism.

PdfToWordConverter

Solid Framework	PDFNet
Class PdfToWordConverter	Class Convert.WordOutputOptions Convert.ToWord()

Settings

Solid Framework	PDFNet
DetectSoftHyphens	SetConnectHyphens
FootnotesMode	SetFootnotesSetting
HeaderAndFooterMode	SetHeadersAndFootersSetting
OutputType - WordML - Rtf - Txt - Doc - DocX	SetWordOutputFormat - N/A - e_wof_rtf - e_wof_txt - e_wof_doc - e_wof_docx
Password	SetPDFPassword
PageRange	SetPages
ReconstructionMode - Flowing - Exact - Continuous - PlainText - NoColumns	SetPrioritizeVisualAppearance - False - True - N/A - N/A - N/A
TextRecoveryEngine	SetPreferredOCREngine
TextRecoveryLanguage - "au" - "ca" - "da" - "de" - "en" - "es" - "fi" - "fr" - "it" - "nl" - "no" - "pl" - "pt" - "ro" - "ru" - "sl" - "sv" - "tr" - "zh" - "zt" - "ja" - "ko"	SetCustomOCRLanguage - "au" (default) - "ca" or "cat" - "da" or "dan" - "de" or "deu" - "en" or "eng" - "es" or "spa" - "fi" or "fin" - "fr" or "fra" - "it" or "ita" - "nl" or "nld" - "no" or "nor" - "pl" or "pol" - "pt" or "por" - "ro" or "ron" - "ru" or "rus" - "sl" or "slv" - "sv" or "swe" - "tr" or "tur" - "zh" or "chi_sim" - "zt" or "chi_tra" - "ja" or "jpn" - "ko" or "kor"
TextRecoveryType - Automatic - Always - Never - Default	SetSearchableImageSetting - e_ocr_text - e_ocr_always - e_ocr_off - e_ocr_text

Defaults

Shell

DetectSoftHyphens = False;
OutputType = DocX;
Password = None;
PageRange = All Pages;
ReconstructionMode = Flowing;
DetectToc = True;
DetectLists = True
DetectTables = True;
DetectTaggedTables = True;
DetectStyles = True;
DetectLanguage = True;
KeepCharacterSpacing = True;
AverageCharacterScaling = True;
SupportRightToLeftWritingDirection = True;
ImageAnchoringMode = Automatic;
HeaderAndFooterMode = Detect;
FootnotesMode = FootnotesMode;
MarkupAnnotConversionType = TextBox;
TargetWordFormat = Automatic;
AutoRotate = True;
TextRecoveryType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryLanguage = Automatic;
TextRecoveryNseType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngine = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngineNse = Automatic;
GraphicsAsImages = False;
KeepInvisibleText = False;
KeepBackgroundColorText = False;

PdfToTextConverter

Solid Framework	PDFNet
Class PdfToTextConverter	Class Convert.WordOutputOptions Convert.ToWord()

Note: Please switch WordOutputOptions to text mode using SetWordOutputFormat(Convert.WordOutputOptions.WordOutputFormat.e_wof_txt);

Settings

Solid Framework	PDFNet
DetectSoftHyphens	SetConnectHyphens
FootnotesMode	SetFootnotesSetting
HeaderAndFooterMode	SetHeadersAndFootersSetting
KeepLineBreaks	SetPrioritizeVisualAppearance
Password	SetPDFPassword
PageRange	SetPages
TextRecoveryEngine	SetPreferredOCREngine
TextRecoveryLanguage - "au" - "ca" - "da" - "de" - "en" - "es" - "fi" - "fr" - "it" - "nl" - "no" - "pl" - "pt" - "ro" - "ru" - "sl" - "sv" - "tr" - "zh" - "zt" - "ja" - "ko"	SetCustomOCRLanguage - "au" (default) - "ca" or "cat" - "da" or "dan" - "de" or "deu" - "en" or "eng" - "es" or "spa" - "fi" or "fin" - "fr" or "fra" - "it" or "ita" - "nl" or "nld" - "no" or "nor" - "pl" or "pol" - "pt" or "por" - "ro" or "ron" - "ru" or "rus" - "sl" or "slv" - "sv" or "swe" - "tr" or "tur" - "zh" or "chi_sim" - "zt" or "chi_tra" - "ja" or "jpn" - "ko" or "kor"
TextRecoveryType - Automatic - Always - Never - Default	SetSearchableImageSetting - e_ocr_text - e_ocr_always - e_ocr_off - e_ocr_text

Defaults

Shell

DetectSoftHyphens = False;
KeepLineBreaks = False;
Password = None;
PageRange = All Pages;
LineLength = 100;
DetectAndRemoveHeadersAndFooters = True;
DetectAndRemoveFootnotes = True;
LineTerminator = Platform;
KeepLineBreaks = False;
AutoRotate = True;
TextRecoveryType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryLanguage = Automatic;
TextRecoveryNseType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngine = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngineNse = Automatic;
GraphicsAsImages = False;
KeepInvisibleText = False;
KeepBackgroundColorText = False;

PdfToExcelConverter

Solid Framework	PDFNet
Class PdfToExcelConverter	Class Convert.ExcelOutputOptions Convert.ToExcel()

Settings

Solid Framework	PDFNet
FootnotesMode	SetFootnotesSetting
HeaderAndFooterMode	SetHeadersAndFootersSetting
KeepNonTableContent, TablesFromContent	SetNonTableContent
Password	SetPDFPassword
PageRange	SetPages
SingleTable - PlaceEachTableOnOwnSheet - PlaceAllTablesOnSingleSheet - PlaceTablesForEachPageOnSingleSheet	SetSingleSheet, SetPageSingleSheet - SetSingleSheet(False) - SetSingleSheet(True) - SetPageSingleSheet(True)
TextRecoveryEngine	SetPreferredOCREngine
TextRecoveryLanguage - "au" - "ca" - "da" - "de" - "en" - "es" - "fi" - "fr" - "it" - "nl" - "no" - "pl" - "pt" - "ro" - "ru" - "sl" - "sv" - "tr" - "zh" - "zt" - "ja" - "ko"	SetCustomOCRLanguage - "au" (default) - "ca" or "cat" - "da" or "dan" - "de" or "deu" - "en" or "eng" - "es" or "spa" - "fi" or "fin" - "fr" or "fra" - "it" or "ita" - "nl" or "nld" - "no" or "nor" - "pl" or "pol" - "pt" or "por" - "ro" or "ron" - "ru" or "rus" - "sl" or "slv" - "sv" or "swe" - "tr" or "tur" - "zh" or "chi_sim" - "zt" or "chi_tra" - "ja" or "jpn" - "ko" or "kor"
TextRecoveryType - Automatic - Always - Never - Default	SetSearchableImageSetting - e_ocr_text - e_ocr_always - e_ocr_off - e_ocr_text

Defaults

Shell

KeepNonTableContent = False;
Password = None;
PageRange = All Pages;
SingleTable = PlaceEachTableOnOwnSheet;
AutoDetectSeparators = True;
DetectTiledPages = True;
OutputType = XlsX;
HeaderAndFooterMode = Remove;
FootnotesMode = Ignore;
TextAnnotationsAsContent = False;
AutoRotate = True;
TextRecoveryType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryLanguage = Automatic;
TextRecoveryNseType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngine = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngineNse = Automatic;
GraphicsAsImages = False;
KeepInvisibleText = False;
KeepBackgroundColorText = False;

PdfToPowerPointConverter

Solid Framework	PDFNet
Class PdfToPowerPointConverter	Class Convert.PowerPointOutputOptions Convert.ToPowerPoint()

Settings

Solid Framework	PDFNet
FootnotesMode	SetFootnotesSetting
HeaderAndFooterMode	SetHeadersAndFootersSetting
Password	SetPDFPassword
PageRange	SetPages
TextRecoveryEngine	SetPreferredOCREngine
TextRecoveryLanguage - "au" - "ca" - "da" - "de" - "en" - "es" - "fi" - "fr" - "it" - "nl" - "no" - "pt" - "pl" - "ro" - "ru" - "sl" - "sv" - "tr" - "zh" - "zt" - "ja" - "ko"	SetCustomOCRLanguage - "au" (default) - "ca" or "cat" - "da" or "dan" - "de" or "deu" - "en" or "eng" - "es" or "spa" - "fi" or "fin" - "fr" or "fra" - "it" or "ita" - "nl" or "nld" - "no" or "nor" - "pl" or "pol" - "pt" or "por" - "ro" or "ron" - "ru" or "rus" - "sl" or "slv" - "sv" or "swe" - "tr" or "tur" - "zh" or "chi_sim" - "zt" or "chi_tra" - "ja" or "jpn" - "ko" or "kor"
TextRecoveryType - Automatic - Always - Never - Default	SetSearchableImageSetting - e_ocr_text - e_ocr_always - e_ocr_off - e_ocr_text

Defaults

Shell

Password = None;
PageRange = All Pages;
EmbedFontsMode = NoFontEmbedding;
AutoRotate = True;
TextRecoveryType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryLanguage = Automatic;
TextRecoveryNseType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngine = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngineNse = Automatic;
GraphicsAsImages = False;
KeepInvisibleText = False;
KeepBackgroundColorText = False;

PdfToHtmlConverter

Note: The default PDF-to-HTML engine in PDFNet is not Solid Framework. To enable Solid Framework, please call options.SetContentReflowSetting(Convert.HTMLOutputOptions.e_reflow_full);

Solid Framework	PDFNet
Class PdfToHtmlConverter	Class Convert.HTMLOutputOptions Convert.ToHtml()

Settings

Solid Framework	PDFNet
DetectSoftHyphens	SetConnectHyphens
ExactMode - False - True	SetContentReflowSetting - e_reflow_full - e_fixed_position
FootnotesMode	SetFootnotesSetting
HeaderAndFooterMode	SetHeadersAndFootersSetting
Images - Default - Link - Ignore - Embed	SetEmbedImages - False - False - N/A - True
Password	SetPDFPassword
PageRange	SetPages
TextRecoveryEngine	SetPreferredOCREngine
TextRecoveryLanguage - "au" - "ca" - "da" - "de" - "en" - "es" - "fi" - "fr" - "it" - "nl" - "no" - "pl" - "pt" - "ro" - "ru" - "sl" - "sv" - "tr"	SetLanguage Convert.OutputOptionsOCR.LanguageChoice - e_lang_auto (default) - e_lang_catalan - e_lang_danish - e_lang_german - e_lang_english - e_lang_spanish - e_lang_finnish - e_lang_french - e_lang_italian - e_lang_dutch - e_lang_norwegian - e_lang_portuguese - e_lang_polish - e_lang_romanian - e_lang_russian - e_lang_slovenian - e_lang_swedish - e_lang_turkish
TextRecoveryType - Automatic - Always - Never - Default	SetSearchableImageSetting - e_ocr_text - e_ocr_always - e_ocr_off - e_ocr_text

Defaults

Note: The default PDF to HTML engine in PDFNet is not Solid Framework.

Shell

DetectSoftHyphens = False;
Images = Embed;
Password = None;
PageRange = All Pages;
WidthLimit = 0;
DetectLanguage = True;
ImageType = Default;
KeepLineBreaks = False;
HeaderAndFooterMode = Remove;
AutoRotate = True;
TextRecoveryType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryLanguage = Automatic;
TextRecoveryNseType = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngine = Automatic;
TextRecoveryEngineNse = Automatic;
GraphicsAsImages = False
KeepInvisibleText = False;
KeepBackgroundColorText = False;

Dependencies

It is expected that whatever instance you were running SolidFramework.dll on will also run the Structured Output Module (StructuredOutput.exe) just fine.