pdf library for .net

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I need pdf library in .net which is open source and provide features like add bookmark ,images , linking etc. I found itextsharp and pdfsharp. itexsharp is opensource but it have licences. pdfsharp support only basic text layout and autopage break is not provided.
please suggest me best pdf library.

Posted 1-Oct-15 2:16am

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ZurdoDev 1-Oct-15 8:24am

Most people that come here seem to use iTextSharp so I'd suggest googling to see what other options there are.

Nathan Minier 1-Oct-15 8:39am

I've found that for generating fresh PDF files that TuesPechin is ultra-fast. I've had reports that took iTextSharp several minutes to generate that Tues was able to do in seconds.

BillWoodruff 1-Oct-15 16:44pm

I believe TuesPechin supports only HTML to PDF conversion.

Nathan Minier 2-Oct-15 7:14am

It might, now that I think back that was part of a project where I was generating reports from Razor. Thanks for the catch!

Member 12003400 1-Oct-15 10:14am

Why don't you use crystal report? You can put images, links etc whatever you want and directly export to PDF.

Mario Z 2-Oct-15 8:06am

There is an open source library hosted right here on CodeProject:
PDF File Writer C# Class Library[^]
Unfortunately I haven't jet found the time to investigate it thoroughly, but it does look quite promising so I do intend to check it out some day.

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2015-10-01T10:35:00

I'd recommend to use iTextSharp[^]. The type of license depends on a way you want to use iTextSharp.

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Buying a commercial license is mandatory as soon as you begin activities including distribution of iText software inside your product or deploying it on a network without disclosing the source code of your own applications under the AGPL license.

Source: Affero General Public License[^]

Here is very interesring article about usage of iTextSharp libraries: Creating PDF documents with iTextSharp[^]