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Working with PDFs in a .NET environment

Ed Tittel
09.21.2004
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Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) defines a text presentation tool and environment where document source and integrity are much easier to assert and maintain than with plain HTML, XML, or other more accessible document formats. But despite Adobe's ownership of the format specification and its own set of tools for working with PDFs, .NET developers have lots of options to consider if they want their programs (or active Web content) to emit PDFs for a variety of uses that range from printable forms to online documentation and more. At the top end of the spectrum of products available, you'll find numerous full-fledged commercial packages, with all kinds of tools for designing PDF document formats and for extracting content to populate those formats from databases, CMSs, and other information and document repositories. Best of breed examples in this space include:

In the middle of the spectrum you'l

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l find inexpensive, but capable PDF tools of many stripes and kinds. The folks at Taming the Beast have come up with a list of several tools that cost no more than $100, and I found a royalty-free runtime ($200 developer license) package as well:

At the other end of the spectrum, you'll find several free (or nearly free) tools or services available, including:

Wherever your needs and your budget might belong on this spectrum, there's no shortage of options. But at the mid-range and lower end of this spectrum, you may be forced to consider black-box conversion utilities that don't necessarily offer direct .NET APIs or access.

Ed Tittel is a full-time writer and trainer whose interests include XML and development topics, along with IT Certification and information security topics. E-mail Ed at etittel@techtarget.com with comments, questions, or suggested topics or tools to review.

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