how to convert word to pdf with openxml?

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I need to convert word file to pdf. I am using openxml to create word file and save. Now I need to convert that file to pdf without using third party software, dll or library. How can I convert it using openxml?

Darshan Patel · Answer

its not easy to found the proper library but i found this and its working i hope its usefull to you download this library manually and install in nuget package then store this in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\NuGetPackages"itext.8.0.1.nupkg itext.bouncy-castle-adapter.8.0.1.nupkg its availble on this path https://github.com/itext/itext7-dotnet/releases/tag/8.0.1 private readonly ILogger _logger; private readonly string wordDocumentPath = "WordDocuments/SampleWordDocument.docx"; // Provide the actual path to your Word document. private readonly string pdfFilePath = @"D:\CoreDemoWordtoPdf\WordDocToPdf\WordDocToPdf\PdfFiles\Output.pdf"; public IActionResult ConvertToPdf() { string pdfFileName = "ConvertedDocument.pdf"; string pdfFilePath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "PdfFiles", pdfFileName); using (MemoryStream wordStream = new MemoryStream(System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(wordDocumentPath))) { bool conversionResult = WordToPdfConverter.ConvertWordToPdf(wordStream, pdfFilePath); if (conversionResult) { byte[] pdfBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(pdfFilePath); return File(pdfBytes, "application/pdf", pdfFileName); } else { return Content("Word to PDF conversion failed."); } } } public static bool ConvertWordToPdf(Stream wordStream, string pdfFilePath) { using (WordprocessingDocument wordDocument = WordprocessingDocument.Open(wordStream, false)) { using (var pdfWriter = new PdfWriter(pdfFilePath)) { using (var pdfDocument = new PdfDocument(pdfWriter)) { using (var document = new iText.Layout.Document(pdfDocument)) { foreach (var paragraph in wordDocument.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.Elements ()) { string text = paragraph.InnerText; document.Add(new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph(text)); } } } } } return true; } i hope this is usefull

Smart Media · Answer

For converting DOCX to PDF even with placeholders, I have created a free " Report-From-DocX-HTML-To-PDF-Converter " library with .NET CORE under the MIT license, because I was so unnerved that no simple solution existed and all the commercial solutions were super expensive. You can find it here with an extensive description and an example project: https://github.com/smartinmedia/Net-Core-DocX-HTML-To-PDF-Converter It can perform these conversions (alongside a template / report engine, which replaces placeholders): DOCX to DOCX DOCX to PDF DOCX to HTML HTML to HTML HTML to PDF HTML to DOCX You can add placeholders for: texts repeating table rows images

Abhishek Yadav · Answer

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/607669/how-do-i-convert-word-files-to-pdf-programmatically

Piyush Pansuriya · Answer

Thanks Sapna, But I already aware of this. It has to purchase licence. Its free version will convert only three page of word to pdf.

Sapna Girish · Answer

I am afraid you'll need to use a third party library like Spire.Doc or something, since OpenXML relies on MS Office. https://www.e-iceblue.com/Tutorials/Spire.Doc/Spire.Doc-Program-Guide/How-to-Convert-Word-to-PDF.html

Piyush Pansuriya · Answer

Hello Styendra, Thanks for reply. In this link, they are using introp.word library. I already aware with that. It will work on localhost but not in server. Becase of for that we have to install msOffice to the server. So, it will not worked for me.

Satyendra Patel · Answer

I think , this url will helpfull for your task. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/607669/how-do-i-convert-word-files-to-pdf-programmatically

Mohammad Hussain · Answer

You could use the Microsoft Office Interop libraries to automate Microsoft Word to open the document and then save it as a PDF. However, this approach requires Microsoft Word to be installed on the machine running the code, and it's generally not recommended for server-side applications due to potential reliability and licensing issues.

Mohamed Abedallah · Answer

I searched a lot and it seems that openXML does not support saving as PDF. So you might need to use a toolkit that has this features. Although there are many free toolkits, but most of them either have limited functionality or limited period. Using LEADTOOLS, the code is simple and similar to this: using (DocumentConverter documentConverter = new DocumentConverter()) { var format = DocumentFormat.Pdf; var jobData = DocumentConverterJobs.CreateJobData(inFile, outFile, format); jobData.JobName = "conversion job" ; var job = documentConverter.Jobs.CreateJob(jobData); documentConverter.Jobs.RunJob(job); } For more info see this page: https://www.leadtools.com/sdk/document/document-converter If you don’t use library directly in your application, you can use the cloud services for converting word to PDF, see this link: https://services.leadtools.com/documentation/api-reference/convert

how to convert word to pdf with openxml?

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