PDFKit.NET 5.0

Add a link to PDF with an external destination

This code sample helps adding an external link to your PDF. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Add a link with an internal destination to PDF

This code sample helps with internal links in a PDF. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Add a note to PDF

This code sample shows how to add a note to a PDF document. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Add barcodes to PDF

This article demonstrates how to add barcodes to a PDF document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Add bookmarks to PDF

This code sample shows how to create bookmarks in an existing PDF document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Add footer to PDF

This code sample shows how to add a footer in a PDF document. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Add simple html text to PDF

The SimpleXhtmlShape lets you add text with simple HTML mark-up to a PDF document. Read or search our code sample base.

Add hyperlink to PDF

This code samples draws a hyperlink on an existing PDF page. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Add Long Term Validation (LTV) data to an existing signature

Add multiline text to a PDF document

The MultilineTextShape lets you add multiline text to PDF with mixed formatting and line-breaking. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Add a rubber stamp annotation with a custom icon

This article shows how to create a customized rubber stamp annotation. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Add single-line text to PDF

TextShape allows you to add single-line text to a PDF document. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Add Stamp to PDF

This code sample shows how to stamp a PDF in C#. You can stamp images and watermarks to your PDF for example.

Add tags to existing PDF

This article demonstrates how to open existing PDF document, read visual content and tag the visual content based on its type and content.

Add text field to PDF

This code sample illustrates how you can add TextFields to your PDF. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Add a Diagonal Watermark to PDF in C# - TallComponents - PDF Library

This code sample shows how to add a diagonal watermark to an existing PDF in C#. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

pdfkit5 - detailed changes to the API - Tall Components

This article compares the builds that 4.0 and 5.0 have in common: net20,net40,net40-clientandnet40-wpf.

Append two or more existing PDF files

The following code sample shows how to append PDF files. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Change the color inside a PDF

This code sample shows how to change color in a PDF using C# and VB.NET. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Change the formatting of a numeric field

This code sample changes the format by changing the JavaScript of the action. Read or search our code sample base.

Change page orientation PDF

Code sample to change the page orientation PDF. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Clip PDF page content in C#

This sample demonstrates how to mask out a rectangular area on a PDF page using a clip shape in C#. Read this or search our code sample base.

.NET Core console app on MacOS

In this article we create step by step a simple .NET Core console application on MacOS. Read or search our code sample base.

Convert PDF to plain text

The following code sample shows how to convert the collection of glyphs on a PDF page to a text string. Read or search our code sample base.

Convert SVG to PDF

This article explains how to use these text and fonts in SVG documents. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Create a text annotation in PDF with rich text

This sample shows how to create annotations in PDF that use a rich text for their appearance. Read or search our code sample base.

Create formfields in PDF documents

This codesample shows how you can create different types of formfields in PDF. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Create a new digitally signed PDF document

This code sample creates a new PDF document, adds a signature fields, and then digitally signs it. Read or search our code sample base.

Create rectangles with rounded corners

A Rectangle with rounded corners is not a standard shape. However it is easy to create these. Read this or search our code sample base.

Create tagged PDF

This code sample demonstrate how to create a new tagged PDF. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Create text with decorations

Create a document with text with decorations like gradient color, shadow, emboss and glow. Read this or search our code sample base.

How to create a tiling for shapes in PDF

In this code sample we will show you how you can create a rectangle and fill it using a TilingBrush containing dots.

Crop content on a PDF page

This code sample shows how to remove all content that is outside a crop rectangle. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Determine the content bounding box

This article shows how to determine the content bounding of a page. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Determine if a PDF only contains images

The following sample code determines whether a PDF document only contains images (and not other shapes such as text fragments).

Digitally sign a PDF form in C# or VB.NET

This code sample shows you how you can import a digital signature and use it to sign a PDF document in C# or VB.NET.

Disable submit button after submitting

The following code adds a JavaScript action to a submit button that will disable the button after submitting.

How to downscale all images in a PDF

This code sample shows how to downscale images in a PDF file. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Download and convert image to PDF

This article shows how to download an image on a web page as a PDF document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

How to downscale all images in a PDF

This code sample shows how to downscale images in a PDF file. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Vector graphics in PDF

This code sample shows how to draw different vector graphics such as line, ellipses and bezier curves. Read code sample or search our base.

Fill XFA form and export XDP data

The following code opens an XFA form and programmatically fills text field and selects items from drop-down lists and exports data as XDP.

Fill and save dynamic XFA form

The following code opens a XFA form and programmatically fills text fields, selects an item from a drop-down list and 'clicks' a button.

Merge XDP data with dynamic XFA form

The following code imports XDP data into a dynamic XFA form. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Dynamic XFA

The new dynamic XFA API of pdfkit5 allows populating and consuming dynamic XFA documents. Read or search our code sample base.

How to embed files in a PDF document

This code sample shows how to add embedded files (attachments) to a PDF document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Embed TrueType font in PDF

This code sample shows how to draw text on a page using a TrueType font and embed this font in the PDF. Read or search our code sample base.

EMF to PDF as vector image

EMF is the Windows Meta file file format for images. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Export FDF from PDF form

This code sample helps to exports FDF from PDF. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Extract embedded files from PDF

This code sample illustrates how to loop through embedded files in an existing PDF document and extract those attachments. Read more.

Extract glyph boxes from PDF

This sample creates a bitmap for each page and draws boxes for each glyph. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Extract glyphs and sort by reading order

This code sample shows how to extract glyphs from PDF and sort. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Extract graphics from PDF

This c# code sample shows how to extract text, images and curves as shapes from a PDF document. Read or search our code sample base.

Extract images from PDF

This code sample illustrates how to iterate through existing content in a PDF document and save each images found as a new Image file.

Fill in a template PDF document

This code sample shows you how you can import a template document and fill it in with data from a database.

Fill PDF form

This code sample shows how to assign values to various types of PDF form fields. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Fit image to PDF page

This code sample shows how to stamp an image on a PDF page and have the image fit to the size of the page. Read this code sample.

Flatten Markup Annotation

This article illustrate how to turn markups to images by flatten markups. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Flatten PDF form

This code sample shows how to fill out a form and then flatten it. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

How to generate and export certificates

In this Tall Components code sample we will show you how you can create an RSA 2048-bit PEM certificate and how you can export it.

How do I extract page destinations from bookmarks?

This article explains how one can determine which page a particular bookmark refers to. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Highlight fields in PDF

This code sample shows how to mark all fields in a PDF document. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

How to add autosized text to PDF

This code sample shows you how you can add a piece of auto-sized text to your PDF document. Read or search our code sample base.

How to sign and verify updates to a PDF document

This code sample shows how you can sign PDF documents and how to handle updates to form data. Read or search our code sample base.

Import FDF into PDF

In this code sample we will show how you can easily import an FDF file and populate the form fields in a PDF.

Licensing and .NET Standard

This code sample helps with licensing and .NET Standard. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Merge PDF files in C# .NET

In the following code sample you can see how you can easily merge PDF files into one. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

How to mirror PDF pages and other shapes

In this code sample we will mirror the pages in an existing PDF document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Layout text with MultilineTextShape

This sample demonstrates how to format and layout text with MultilineTextShape. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

pdfkit5 and .NET Core

pdfkit5 includes a build targeting .NET Standard 1.5. According to the following table, it supports .NET Core 1.0 and higher.

pdfkit5 .NET Standard API

This code sample helps with pdfkit5 .NET Standard API. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.

Read and write meta data from PDF

This article shows a sample for reading and writing meta data from PDF using C#. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Read PDF tags

This code sample enumerates the tags in an existing PDF document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

How to reduce PDF file size

Adobe Acrobat has an option to save a document with a reduced size. This article shows how to reduce pdf file size with PDFKit.NET.

Reduce PDF size

PDFKit5 includes support for non-desctructive PDF compresssion. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Remove graphics from PDF

This code sample shows how to partly erase images from a PDF under an explicitly specified rectangle. Read or search our code sample base.

Remove PDF security settings

This code sample shows how you can remove the security setting of a PDF quite easily; just set the security attribute to null.

Replace field with image

This code sample opens a PDF with a textfield and replaces this textfield with an image. Read or search our code sample base.

Resize PDF pages

This sample demonstrates how to change the size of pages in the PDF file. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Rotate a PDF page

This code sample creates a copy of a PDF document with each page rotated 90 degrees. Read or search our code sample base.

How to scale content of PDF

This code sample creates a copy of a PDF document but the content in the output PDF is scaled. Read this or search our code sample base.

Search text in PDF

This article shows how to search a PDF for text in C# using the Document. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

PDF Viewer Preferences

The following code sample shows how to set the viewer preferences of a PDF document. Read or search our code sample base.

Create a custom signature handler to sign and verify PDF documents

This code sample shows how to create your own signature handler. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Split PDF pages in C# and VB.NET

The following code sample shows how to split PDF pages in C# and VB.NET. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Tagged PDF

This code sample helps create and consume tagged PDF documents. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

TIFF to PDF C#

This article shows you how to convert a multipage TIFF to PDF using PDFKit.NET. Read this code sample or search our code sample base.

Translate PDF page content

This code sample shows how to apply a single translation to all the content on a PDF page. Read or search our code sample base.

Use multiple licenses

This code sample explains how to register multiple license keys with a single application. Read or search our code sample base.

Use TrueType font collections

This article describes how to select a font from a font collection and how this is embedded in a PDF document. Read or search our base.

Write Document to HttpResponse

In pdfkit5 we decided to remove the Document.Write(HttpResponse) because it required the client to add a reference to System.

Use pdfkit5 with a Xamarin.Forms app

This article demonstrates a simple Xamrin.Forms app that runs on Android, iOS and UWP. Read or search our code sample base.

pdfkit5 and Xamarin

This code samples helps with pdfkit5 and Xamarin. Read this Tall Components code sample or search our code sample base.