CreatePdf.NET 1.0.4

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dotnet add package CreatePdf.NET --version 1.0.4
                    
NuGet\Install-Package CreatePdf.NET -Version 1.0.4
                    
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<PackageReference Include="CreatePdf.NET" Version="1.0.4" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="CreatePdf.NET" Version="1.0.4" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="CreatePdf.NET" />
                    
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paket add CreatePdf.NET --version 1.0.4
                    
#r "nuget: CreatePdf.NET, 1.0.4"
                    
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#:package CreatePdf.NET@1.0.4
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=CreatePdf.NET&version=1.0.4
                    
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#tool nuget:?package=CreatePdf.NET&version=1.0.4
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

CreatePdf.NET

codecov .NET NuGet License Docker

A simple, .NET library for PDF creation with text and bitmap rendering, plus optional OCR functionality for text extraction.

Installation

dotnet add package CreatePdf.NET --prerelease

Usage

using CreatePdf.NET;

await Pdf.Create(Dye.Black)
    .AddText("Hello World")
    .SaveAsync("text.pdf");

await Pdf.Create()
    .AddPixelText("Hello World")
    .SaveAsync("pixel.pdf");

await Pdf.Create()
    .AddText("Hello World!")
    .SaveAndOcr("text-ocr-demo");

await Pdf.Create()
    .AddPixelText("Hello World!")
    .SaveAndOcr("pixel-ocr-demo");

await Pdf.Create()
    .AddText("Hello World!", Dye.Blue, TextSize.Large)
    .AddLine()
    .SaveAndOpenAsync("opens-the-pdf.pdf");

await Pdf.Create(Dye.White)
    .AddPixelText("Hello World!", Dye.Red, Dye.Brown, PixelTextSize.Medium)
    .AddLines(5)
    .SaveAndShowDirectoryAsync("opens-the-directory.pdf");

To enable OCR functionality

Platform Installation
macOS brew install tesseract
Windows Download Tesseract and Ghostscript
Linux sudo apt-get install ghostscript tesseract-ocr

Note: Only needed for OCR (SaveAndOcr). PDF generation works without it.

Requirements

  • .NET 10.0 (Preview)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.
  • net10.0

    • No dependencies.

NuGet packages

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GitHub repositories

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