which is best 3rd party pdf generator for .NET?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Les Caudle
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Les,

"Best" is subjective when you don't have the criteria for ranking the
products. What do you need the PDF generator to do for YOU?

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Nicholas - by best, I mean integrates well with .NET, good tutorials, good code
examples, licensing that makes sense (one developer, but can distribute code or
run-time-only dlls royalty free - much like Infragistics licensing works).

But, more specifically:

1. I need to be able to modify an existing pdf inside a memory stream
'on-the-fly', adding some text and graphics to it.

2. Create a new pdf with text & graphics, and also with form fields.

3. Also be able to create a pdf that can be digitally signed.

Thanks, Les Caudle
 
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which is best 3rd party pdf generator for .NET?
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First of all, I am not saying that these are the best. But just come
feedback for you about two API's I have used.

I have used iTextSharp to generate PDF files from PDF templates. Very
easy to use.

I have also used PDFSharp to generate PDF files from scratch.
PDFSharp is pretty powerful and can do very precise alignment. The
final PDF file is very professional.

Both are free and can be googled out easily.
 
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