DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET Features

The following table lists the features as they apply to DynamicPDF Core Suite v12 for .NET. The table is current as of March 2023 and is subject to change. For the latest product information and pricing, please visit our website at https://www.dynamicpdf.com.

Legacy Product Features

The features for the legacy DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET, DynamicPDF Generator for .NET, DynamicPDF Merger for .NET and DynamicPDF ReportWriter for .NET products is found at the following location.

Feature Chart

Feature Essentials Full Product
.NET Framework v4.6.2 and Higher X X
.NET & ASP.NET Core v2.0 and Higher X X
.NET v5.0 and Higher X X
Mono v5.4 and Higher X X
Xamarin.iOS v10.14 and Higher X X
Xamarin.Android v8.0 and Higher X X
Universal Windows Platform v10.0.16299 and Higher X X
.NET Standard v2.0 and Higher (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/net-standard) X X
PDF Reports (Layout Engine)
LayoutEngine X
RTL text & Character shapping X
Report Elements
Content Group X
Formatted Record Area X
Image X
Label X
Line X
Link X
No Split Zone X
Page Break X
Page Numbering Label X
Placeholder X
Record Area X
Record Box X
Rectangle X
Soft Break X
Subreport X
Symbol X
Barcode X
Reporting
Event Driven X
Recursive Subreports X
Read DLEX (XML Based) Report Templates X
Easy Web Form Integration X
Automatic Text Splitting and Expansion X
Flexible Page Flow Using No Split Zones, Page Breaks and Soft Breaks X
Header, Detail and Footer Report Parts X
Place Report Data on Fixed Page and/or Paginated Reports X
Place Report Data on Imported PDF Templates or Forms X
Add Cover and Separator Pages X
Use Existing PDF as Template X
Include Multiple Reports and Fixed Pages in the Same Document X
Alt Text for Images X
Supports character shaping X
Functions
61 Functions (Including 10 Aggregate Functions) X
17 Operators X
Statistical Functions X
Financial Functions X
Page Level Aggregate Functions X
GUI Designer
Visually Layout Reports X
View Existing PDF Templates X
Create and Modify DLEX Files X
PDF Merging and Importing
Automatic font sharing (TrueType and Type0 fonts) X
Merge PDF Documents X X
Retrieve text from Note annotation X X
Append PDF Documents to Current Document X X
Import a Single Page From a PDF Document X X
Linearize PDF Document (Fast Web View) X X
Extract Text from Page or Document X
Extract Text from Clipped Page Area X
Extract Attachments from Document X
Extract Images X
Extract 3D Images ( PRC & U3D ) X
Read and update XMP Metadata X
Add New Pages X X
Place New Content on Imported PDF Pages X X
Import PDFs From a System.IO.Stream X X
Preserve Annotations X X
Preserve Option Content (Layers) When Merging X X
Flexible Merge Options X X
Import PDFs From a Byte Array X X
Reorganize Bookmarks and Outlines X
Rotate, Scale, and Clip Imported Page Data X
Place Multiple Imported Pages on a Single Page X
Import PDF Documents Containing Embedded Files X X
Import Encrypted PDF Documents X X
Retrieve Security Permission Information X X
Preserve existing PDF Tags X X
Document Optimization (Image Data Only) X
Disk Buffering X X
Acro Form Field Support
Merge Documents Containing Acro Forms X X
Reorganize Acro Forms X X
Retrieve Acro Form Field Coordinates X X
Retrieve custom properties X X
Retrieve the Values of Acro Form Fields X X
Detect Javascript Actions X X
Flatten Acro Forms X
Field Level Flattening and Removing X
Modify the Values of Acro Form Fields (Form Filling) X
Modify the Style and Formatting of Acro Form Fields X
Create Appearance Streams for Acro Form Fields X
Retrieve the Formatting of Acro Form Fields (Font, Font Size, etc.) X
Add New Acro Form Fields
XFA Form Field Support
Modify the Values of Static XFA Form Fields (Form Filling) X
Page Elements
Underlying Page Elements X X
Create PDF Documents X X
Group X X
Label X X
Page Numbering Label X X
Layout Grid X X
Line X X
Rectangle X X
Bookmark X X
Circle X X
Automatically Rotate Page Elements with Page's Rotate Value X X
Image X
Background Image X
Link X
Path X
Text Area X
Formatted Text Area (Limited HTML) X
HTML Area X
Table (Table2) X
Ordered Lists X
Unordered Lists X
Transformation Group X
Transparency Group X
Anchor Group X
Note X
47 Barcode Page Elements X
6 Chart Types X
7 Acro Form Field Page Elements X
Custom Page Elements X
Auto Layout of Page Elements (Works as per page element license) - -
Barcodes
Vector based Embedded Barcodes - No Fonts X
Data Matrix Barcode X
PDF417 X
MacroPDF417 X
Aztec X
QR Code X
Code 128 X
Code 3 of 9 & Extended code 3 of 9 X
Code 2 of 5 X
Code 93 & Extended Code 93 X
Code 11 X
Interleaved Code 2 of 5 X
Codabar X
EAN/JAN 13 X
EAN/JAN 13 Supplement 2 X
EAN/JAN 13 Supplement 5 X
EAN 14/GTIN 14 X
UPC Version A X
UPC Version A Supplement 2 X
UPC Version A Supplement 5 X
EAN/JAN 8 X
EAN/JAN 8 Supplement 2 X
EAN/JAN 8 Supplement 5 X
UPC Version E X
UPC Version E Supplement 2 X
UPC Version E Supplement 5 X
ISBN X
ISBN Supplement 2 X
ISBN Supplement 5 X
ISMN X
ISMN Supplement 2 X
ISMN Supplement 5 X
ISSN X
ISSN Supplement 2 X
ISSN Supplement 5 X
ITF 14 X
IATA 2 of 5 X
GS1 Databar (RSS) X
Stacked GS1 X
MSI Barcode (Modified Plessey) X
RM4SCC (Royal Mail) Barcode X
Australia Post X
Deutsche Post Identcode X
Deutsche Post Leitcode X
Singapore Post X
KIX (Dutch KIX, Royal TNT Post Kix) X
Intelligent Mail Barcode X
Postnet X
Charts
Vector Based Embedded Charts - No Images X
Area X
Bar X
Column X
Line X
Pie X
Scatter X
Acro Form Fields
Add Button Form Fields X
Add Check box Form Fields X
Add Combo box Form Fields X
Add List box Form Fields X
Add Radio Button Form Fields X
Add Text Form Fields X
Add Digital Signature Form Fields X
Sign Multiple Signature Form Fields X
Add Rich Text Fields X
Actions
Goto Action X
File Open Action X
Import Form Data Action X
Annotation Show Hide Action X
Submit Action X
Reset Action X
URL Action X
JavaScript Action X
Document Level Javascript X
Document Navigation
Outlines X
Outline Styles X
Outline Colors X
URL Link X
Zoom Page Destination X
X Y Page Destination X
Image Support
GIF X X
JPEG X
JPEG 2000 X
PNG X
Interlaced PNG X
BMP X
EMF X
EXIF X
TIFF X
Multi-Page TIFF X
TIFF To PDF Conversion X
WMF X
Transparent Images X
Load From a File X X
Load From System.IO.Stream X X
Load From Byte Array X X
16 Bit Precision Per Component (Color) X
3D image support ( PRC & U3D ) X
Font and Text Support
Font sharing (TrueType and Type0) X X
Font/Text Metrics X
Font Families * X
14 Core PDF Fonts X X
6 Encoding for Core PDF Fonts X X
7 CJK Fonts From the Asian Font Pack X X
Unicode X X
OpenType (Including TrueType) Fonts X
Type 1 Fonts X
Web fonts (WOFF, version 1.0) X
True Type Font Collections X
Font Embedding Options (Fully, Sub-Set or None) X X
Character Shaping X X
32bit unicode characters (Works as per the page element licensing) - -
Reading Order for RTL text (Works as per the page element licensing) - -
Right To Left Text X X
Text Rotation X X
Font Kerning X X
Font Tracking X X
Display Font Outlines (Works as per page element license) X
Table Support
Table Horizontal and Vertical Continuation X
Automatic Cell Sizing X
Table Border Formatting (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) X
Cell Border Formatting (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) X
Cell Padding Control (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) X
Page Element in Cell X
Image in Cell X
Table in Cell X
Formatted Text Area in Cell (HTML) X
Table Continuation/Flowing X
List Support
List Continuation X
Mix Ordered and Unordered Lists X
Unlimited Sub List Nesting X
Color Support
Gradients X
Spot Colors X
Web Colors X X
RGB Colors X X
CMYK Colors X X
Grayscales X X
Over 140 Predefined Colors X X
16 Bit Precision Per Component (Color) X
Prepress Support
PDF/X-1a X
PDF/X-3 X
Output Intents X
ICC Profiles X
Archiving
PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b X
PDF/A-2a, PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-2u X
PDF/A-3a, PDF/A-3b and PDF/A-3u X
PDF/A XMP Schema X
PDF Tagging (Logical Structure) X
Full OpenType or Type1 Font Embedding X
Output Intents X
ICC Profiles X
Security and Encryption Support
Digital Signatures (Visible or Non-Visible) X
Cloud Signing X
Incremental Signing X
EU (PAdES) Standards X
Initialize Certificates from Store or File X
User and Owner Passwords X
RC4 40-bit Encryption X
RC4 128-bit Encryption X
AES 128-bit Encryption X
AES 256-bit Encryption (FIPS Compliant in .NET 4.6.2 & higher) X
Up to 8 User Access Permissions X
Supports Leaving Metadata Unencrypted X
Ability to Encrypt Only File Attachments X
Form fill & extract text without the owner password X X
Document Templates and Sections
Break Document Into Sections X X
Document Templates X X
Section Templates X X
Stamping Templates X X
Even/Odd Templates X X
Page and Section Labeling X X
Header Footer Template X X
Events
Document X
Page X
Form Field X
Other Features
HTML Layout X
Image Watermark X
Text Watermark X
Disk Buffering X X
Linearization (Fast Web View) X X
PDF Tagging (Logical Structure) X
File Embedding X
Automatic Stream Compression X X
Page Numbering (Roman, Arabic, and Letter Numbering) X X
Output To a File X X
Output To a Byte Array X X
Output To Any System.IO.Stream Object X X
Force File Download Support X X
XMP Metadata X
Document Optimization (Image Data Only) X
Document Custom Properties X
Package PDF's (Portfolio) X

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