DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET Help Docs

This documentation contains help for the DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET product. DynamicPDF Core Suite includes our previous DynamicPDF Generator for .NET, DynamicPDF Merger for .NET and DynamicPDF ReportWriter for .NET products. DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET includes functionality to create, merge and work with existing PDF documents as well as quickly and easily create PDF reports. It is available in two editions, DynamicPDF Core Suite Essentials Developer Edition and DynamicPDF Core Suite Developer Edition.

DynamicPDF Core Suite Namespaces

The DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET utilizes the following namespaces. Core Suite is offered in two editions: Essential Developer Edition or Developer Edition. Please note that certain namespaces or some classes within certain namespaces are not included with the Essential edition of DynamicPDF Core Suite.

For a complete list of features included with each edition, please refer to our Feature Chart.

• ceTe.DynamicPDF
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Cryptography
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Forms
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Imaging
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.IO
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.LayoutEngine
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.LayoutEngine.Data
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.LayoutEngine.Layout
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.LayoutEngine.LayoutElements
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Merger
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Merger.Forms
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.BarCoding
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.Charting
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.Charting.Axes
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.Charting.Series
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.Charting.Values
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.Forms
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements.Html
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Text
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Text.OpenTypeFontTables
• ceTe.DynamicPDF.Xmp

Help Topic Table of Contents

• Getting Started
  • Product Evaluation
  • Licensing & Editions
  • Core Suite Features
  • Legacy Core Suite Features
  • .NET Support
  • Product Limitations
  • Referencing the Assembly and Deployment
  • Coordinate System
  • Encoding Considerations
  • Examples
• PDF Document Creation
  • Generation Overview
  • Configuration
  • PDF Document Output
  • PDF Linearization
  • My First DynamicPDF Document
    • Visual Basic .NET Web Form
    • C# Web Form
    • C# Console Application
  • Page Elements
    • Page Elements Overview
    • Barcodes
    • Formatted Text Area Formatting
    • HTML Area
    • Lists
    • Tables
      • Table Overview
      • Adding Page Elements to Cells
      • Table Continuation
    • Text Continuation
  • Charts
    • Charts Overview
    • Chart Types
      • Area Chart
      • Bar Chart
      • Column Chart
      • Line Chart
      • Pie Chart
      • XYScatter Chart
    • Chart Elements
      • Chart Elements Overview
      • Plot Area
      • Legend
      • Axis
      • Series
      • Stacked Series
      • Stacked Series Elements
      • 100% Stacked Series
      • 100% Stacked Series Elements
      • Axis Labels
      • Titles
      • Grid Lines
      • Tick Marks
      • Markers
      • Data Labels
  • HtmlLayout
  • Templates
  • Document Sectioning
  • Images
    • Images Overview
    • Image Formats
    • Image Resolution
    • Tiff Images
    • Image ReUse
  • Fonts And Text
  • Colors
  • Outlines and Bookmarks
  • Security
  • Interactive Forms
  • XMP Meta Data
  • PDF/X
  • PDF/A
  • PDF/UA
  • Advanced Topics
    • Actions
    • Events
    • JavaScript
    • Extending The Object Model
    • Custom Page Elements
    • Performance Considerations
    • PDF Tagging
    • Disk Buffering
    • Package PDF (Portfolio)
  • Digital Signing and Certifying
    • Digital Signing and Certifying Overview
    • Digital Signing
    • Digital Certifying
    • Adding a Timestamp to Signatures and Certificates
    • Longterm Validity and Archival
• Merging and Working with Existing PDFs
  • Merging Overview
  • Document Merge
  • Merge Options
  • Importing Pages
  • Adding New Content
  • Document Optimization
  • Placing Imported Pages
  • Working with Acro Forms
    • Form Filling
    • Form Flattening
    • Removing Form Fields
    • Reading Form Field Values
    • Retrieving Form Field Locations
    • Marking Form Fields as Read Only
  • Working with XFA Forms
  • Reading Outline Information
  • Text Extraction
  • Merger Performance Considerations
• Creating PDF Reports (Layout Engine)
  • Reporting Overview
  • DynamicPDF Designer
    • Overview
      • Designer Overview
      • Layout Interface
      • Report Flow
    • Simple Report Example
    • Fixed Pages
    • Multiple Reports in Document
    • Document Properties
    • Report Properties
      • Report Properties Overview
      • Header
      • Detail
      • Footer
      • Conditional Headers and Footers
      • Conditional Templates
      • Columns
    • Layout Elements
      • Layout Elements Overview
      • Content Group
      • Formatted Record Area
      • Image
      • Label
      • Line
      • No Split Zone
      • Page Break
      • Page Numbering Label
      • Placeholder
      • Record Area
      • Record Box
      • Rectangle
      • Soft Break
      • Sub Report
        • Sub Report Overview
        • Sub Report Header
        • Sub Report Detail
        • Sub Report Footer
      • Symbol
    • Expressions
      • Expressions Overview
      • Operators
      • Functions
      • Aggregate Functions
      • Conditions
    • Specifying Data Value Names
    • Menus
      • File
      • Edit
      • View
      • Layout
      • Window
      • Help
    • Common Dialogs
      • Add Image Dialog
      • Color Chooser Dialog
      • File Open Dialog
      • Font Management
      • Font Family Manager Dialogs
      • Text Editor Dialog
    • Dockable Windows
      • Menu Bar
      • Tool Bar
      • Text Tool Bar
      • Status Bar
      • Tool Box
      • Properties Box
      • File Explorer
      • Object Explorer
    • DLEX Views
      • DLEX Views Overview
      • Design
      • Source
  • DLEX Files
  • Using a DLEX File to Create a PDF
  • Layout Data
  • Using Events
  • DPLX Files (Deprecated)