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ConversionOffice

MS Office to PDF Conversion - OfficeToPDF

Requirements

These packages are required to use these features in production. Trial keys have unlimited access to all features

Server SDKPackage: Office ConversionLive demo

Sample code for using Apryse Server SDK to convert Office documents to PDF (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF, MSG, and EML) without needing any external dependencies or MS Office licenses. Office to PDF conversion can be performed on a Linux or Windows server to automate Office-centric workflows, or entirely in the user's client (web browser, mobile device). The conversion functionality can be combined with our Viewer to display or annotate Office files (docx, xlsx, pptx) on all major platforms, including Web, Android, iOS, Xamarin, UWP, and Windows. Samples provided in Python, C++, C#, Java, Node.js (JavaScript), PHP, Ruby, Go and VB.

To run this sample, you will need:

  1. Get started with Server SDK in your language/framework

  2. Add the sample code provided below

To use this feature in production, your license key will need the Office Conversion Package. Trial keys already include this package.

Most MSG and EML conversions require the HTML2PDF module to be installed. No HTML2PDF license is required for the conversions.

Learn more about our Server SDK and Office Document Conversion Library.

//
// Copyright (c) 2001-2024 by Apryse Software Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

using pdftron;
using pdftron.Common;
using pdftron.Filters;
using pdftron.SDF;
using pdftron.PDF;

namespace OfficeToPDFTestCS
{
    /// <summary>
    ///---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /// The following sample illustrates how to use the PDF::Convert utility class to convert 
    /// .docx files to PDF
    ///
    /// This conversion is performed entirely within the PDFNet and has *no* external or
    /// system dependencies dependencies
    ///
    /// Please contact us if you have any questions.    
    ///---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /// </summary>



    class Class1
    {
        private static pdftron.PDFNetLoader pdfNetLoader = pdftron.PDFNetLoader.Instance();
        static Class1() {}

        static String input_path = "../../../../TestFiles/";
        static String output_path = "../../../../TestFiles/Output/";

        static void SimpleConvert(String input_filename, String output_filename)
        {
            // Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
            using (PDFDoc pdfdoc = new PDFDoc())
            {
                // perform the conversion with no optional parameters
                pdftron.PDF.Convert.OfficeToPDF(pdfdoc, input_path + input_filename, null);

                // save the result
                pdfdoc.Save(output_path + output_filename, SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_linearized);

                // And we're done!
                Console.WriteLine("Saved " + output_filename);
            }   
        }

        static void FlexibleConvert(String input_filename, String output_filename)
        {
            // Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
            using (PDFDoc pdfdoc = new PDFDoc())
            {
                OfficeToPDFOptions options = new OfficeToPDFOptions();
                options.SetSmartSubstitutionPluginPath(input_path);
                // create a conversion object -- this sets things up but does not yet
                // perform any conversion logic.
                // in a multithreaded environment, this object can be used to monitor
                // the conversion progress and potentially cancel it as well
                DocumentConversion conversion = pdftron.PDF.Convert.StreamingPDFConversion(
                    pdfdoc, input_path + input_filename, options);

                // actually perform the conversion
                // this particular method will not throw on conversion failure, but will
                // return an error status instead
                if (conversion.TryConvert() == DocumentConversionResult.e_document_conversion_success)
                {
                    int num_warnings = conversion.GetNumWarnings();

                    // print information about the conversion 
                    for (int i = 0; i < num_warnings; ++i)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Warning: " + conversion.GetWarningString(i));
                    }

                    // save the result
                    pdfdoc.Save(output_path + output_filename, SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_linearized);
                    // done
                    Console.WriteLine("Saved " + output_filename);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Encountered an error during conversion: " + conversion.GetErrorString());
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PDFNet.Initialize(PDFTronLicense.Key);

            try
            {
                // first the one-line conversion method
                SimpleConvert("Fishermen.docx", "Fishermen.pdf");

                // then the more flexible line-by-line conversion API
                FlexibleConvert("the_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner.docx", "the_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner.pdf");

                // conversion of RTL content
                FlexibleConvert("factsheet_Arabic.docx", "factsheet_Arabic.pdf");
            }
            catch (pdftron.Common.PDFNetException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Unrecognized Exception: " + e.Message );
            }

            PDFNet.Terminate();
            Console.WriteLine("Done.");
        }
    }
}