C# PDF generation library

You would need Layout add-on to generate PDF documents using Layout API. This is a free add-on for Docotic.Pdf library. The add-on is also available in the zip file with the library binaries.

Articles

Read these articles to know how to describe the layout of your documents in C# and VB.NET code and have the library generate PDF files for you.

• Generate PDF documents in C# and VB.NET
  C# PDF generator API to create PDF files easily. Modern code-only approach with Fluent API and powerful layout engine.

• Getting Started
  Generate PDF documents, reports, and invoices by following this initial information on using Layout API.

• Building documents
  How to set up document encryption, metadata, and some generation-related options.

• How to layout pages
  How to layout PDF pages using built-in content slots. Describes how to add watermarks, specify text direction and style.

• Containers and their content
  How to use Layout API containers to organize content. Describes types of content you can put into containers. Shows ways to decorate containers.

• Size, position, and rendering of containers
  Shows how to specify size and position for containers. Describes conditional rendering of content. Talks about support for left-to-right and right-to-left content directions.

• Compound containers
  Describes Row, Column, grid, lists and other containers that can hold more than one element. Shows how to add watermarks to PDF.

• Table container
  Table container capabilities. How to define rows and columns, header and footer for tabular data. Talks about cells that span multiple rows and/or multiple columns.

• Create PDF documents in C# and VB.NET
  Generate PDF documents in C# and VB.NET using Docotic.Pdf library.

API reference

Check out the API reference for Layout addon to find out methods parameters and other implementation details.

Sample code

These sample projects show how to create PDF documents in C# and VB.NET using Layout add-on.

• Generate PDF documents with complex layout
  Shows how to create a PDF document with complex layouts.

• Layout components
  How to create reusable components for common parts of your document layout.

• Add header and footer to PDF documents
  Use PageLayout.Header and PageLayout.Footer methods to add headers and footers to PDF pages.

• Hello, world! with Layout API
  Shows in action common building blocks provided by Layout API.

• Fonts
  How to manage fonts in PDF documents. Also shows how to handle missing glyphs and use a custom font loader.

• Page layout in PDF documents
  Define page layout and set page properties like size, margins, background color, text style and direction.

• PDF document builder
  PdfDocumentBuilder is an entry point in Layout add-on. Use it to set up encryption, metadata, PDF version and other aspects of generated PDF documents.

• Create multi-column PDF documents
  How to organize PDF content using rows and columns.

• Create table of contents in PDF documents
  Add table of contents using information about sections in your PDF document.

• Add tables to PDF documents
  How to create tables of any complexity. Also shows repeatable table headers and footers.

• Text styling
  Customize text appearance in PDF documents by using custom fonts, font sizes, colors, letter spacing, and other text style properties.

• Typography
  How to reuse Document, Header, Body, Footer, Hyperlink, and other text styles with the help of Typography class.