DynamicPDF Converter v3 Released

by James B

Thu, September 24 2020, 9:21 AM (US Eastern Time)

DynamicPDF ConverterNow updated to v3, DynamicPDF Converter is available for download. This new release removes the Windows service that runs in the background and allows downloading DynamicPDF Converter directly from NuGet.

DynamicPDF Converter supports the following features,

  • converts most major file types to PDF (including Office and HTML),
  • supports multi-threading for faster conversion,
  • allows appending while converting a file to PDF,
  • has an intuitive and flexible object model,
  • and has transparent pricing.

DynamicPDF Converter for .NET allows any .NET developer to convert over 50 document types to PDF dynamically, including

  • MS Excel,
  • HTML,
  • MS Powerpoint,
  • TIFF,
  • MS Word,
  • and many more.

DynamicPDF Converter is intuitive, efficient, and integrates seamlessly with DynamicPDF's other products. And plenty of documentation and examples are provided, including the following examples.

DynamicPDF Converter is available via our Pro, Pro Plus, or Ultimate subscription plans. For more information, refer to the DynamicPDF Converter product page.

For more information: www.dynamicpdf.com, sales@dynamicpdf.com, or 1-800-631-5006.

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Creating PDFs with Custom XMP Schema's

Mon, June 3 2019, 4:23 PM (US Eastern Time)

XMP metadata is a powerful tool for describing the contents of a PDF document. DynamicPDF has built in support for many of the most popular schemas:

However, there are times when you may need to embed other metadata in a PDF. This can easily be done by creating a class that inherits from the XmpSchema base class and overriding the Draw method. This Draw method will then be called when the XMP metadata is being added to the PDF. First let’s define a CustomSchema class that inherits from XmpSchema:

class CustomSchema : XmpSchema
{
    private string userName;
    private DateTime creationDate;

    public CustomSchema(string userName, DateTime creationDate)
    {
        this.userName = userName;
        this.creationDate = creationDate;
    }

    protected override void Draw(XmpWriter xmpWriter)
    {
        xmpWriter.BeginDescription("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "xmp", " ");
        if (userName != null) xmpWriter.Draw("\t\t" + userName + "\n");
        xmpWriter.Draw("\t\t" + creationDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:sszzz") + "\n");
        xmpWriter.Draw("\t\t" + xmpWriter.Producer + "\n");
        xmpWriter.Draw("\t\t" + xmpWriter.Date.ToLocalTime().ToString("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:sszzz") + "\n");
        xmpWriter.EndDescription();
    }
}

Notice that the Draw method starts by calling the BeginDescription method and ends by calling the EndDescription method. XMP metadata is XML based, and these methods are responsible for the opening and closing XML tags for the custom schema. The Draw method that is called multiple times between them is then responsible for outputting the other XML data.

Next, we will add the CustomSchema class we created to the XMP metatdata of the document:

XmpMetadata xmpMetadata = new XmpMetadata();
xmpMetadata.AddSchema(new CustomSchema("John", DateTime.Now));
document.XmpMetadata = xmpMetadata;

The following custom metatdata will now appear in the PDFs XMP metadata:

<rdf:Description rdf:about=' ' xmlns:xmp='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/'>
    <xmp:CreatedBy>John</xmp:CreatedBy>
    <xmp:DateCreated>2019-06-03T16:18:17-04:00</xmp:DateCreated>
    <xmp:CreatorTool>DynamicPDF for .NET v10.12.0.40 (Build 38759)</xmp:CreatorTool>
    <xmp:MetadataDate>2019-06-03T16:18:17-04:00</xmp:MetadataDate>
</rdf:Description>
Wrap Up

A C# Visual Studio project demonstrating this is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/DynamicPDF/dotnet-custom-xmp-schemas

If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

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DynamicPDF Rasterizer for .NET Version 3 is Released

Fri, February 8 2019, 10:50 AM (US Eastern Time)

DynamicPDF Rasterizer v3 for .NET has been released! The new version has support for .NET Standard 2.X including .NET Core 2.X and ASP.NET Core 2.X. It includes an updated and improved PDF rendering engine as well as many new features and the latest bug fixes. Also, the developer edition now allows for 100% royalty free distribution to an unlimited number of servers or machines at a lower price point.

Download v3 Today!

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Version 10 Release of Dynamic PDF for .NET Core Suite

by Anil S

Fri, August 3 2018, 2:32 PM (US Eastern Time)

We are happy to announce the release of DynamicPDF for .NET Core Suite v10 (this includes our Merger, Generator and ReportWriter products).

v10 now supports .NET Standard 2.0 for seamless cross-platform deployment.  

Download it Today!

Version 10 adds several useful and exciting new features:

  • Deployment to any .NET implementation including .NET Core, .NET Framework, Mono, UWP, Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.
  • HTML layout engine for rapid PDF development using HTML and CSS
  • All new report layout engine (DLEX templates)
  • Take a look at a full list of All Version 10 Full Features

Free upgrades for Maintenance customers, discounted upgrades for eligible existing customers, eligible upgrades can be accessed via our Customer Area, www.dynamicpdf.com/customerarea or we can be contacted directly, sales@dynamicpdf.com or +1 410.772.8620.

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