Scanning a document to PDF

[DBC User]

Hi,

I am doing a school project, where I would like to scan a document
(something like library card) using a scanner and store the document in
PDF file. I would like to do it, through a win form/c#.

Is it possible? If so if there are any links you could point me to?

Thanks in advance

 

[Derrick Coetzee [MSFT]]

I am doing a school project, where I would like to scan a document
(something like library card) using a scanner and store the document
in PDF file. I would like to do it, through a win form/c#.

..NET does not provide native support for writing Adobe Acrobat files, but
there are a number of third-party .NET libraries available that do so.
Unfortunately, most of these are commercial. For your application, you might
try the evaluation version of PDF4NET; the only restriction of this version
is that it prints a message on each page:

http://www.pdfstore.com/details.asp?ProdID=634#evaluation

Other options include:

DynamicPDF:
http://www.dynamicpdf.com/Dot_NET_Dynamic_PDF_Components_Libraries.csp?LF=CSCbnrDPD03
TallPDF.NET: http://www.tallcomponents.com/Default.aspx?id=tallpdf

If all else fails, you can attempt to create a PDF file yourself from
scratch based on the voluminous (1236 pages) file format specification:

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index_reference.html#5

I hope this helps.

 

[raican]

A company called ED Components does a PDF Component. I can't remember
if there are any restrictions of use though.

Can't remember the link, but i'm sure google will tell you if you
search.