pdf toolkit

[Guest]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a robust, scalable native .net PDF toolkit library
capable of performing functions like merging, stamping, form data merging,
web browser rendering etc.? I know a few COM libraries exist, but I am
looking for something that is a native .net component. We are currently
using a com dll with a .net wrapper, but that is causing intermittent errors
and issues when load increases.

Thanks

 

[George Ter-Saakov]

The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net
It's a port from Java version of iText and there are a lot of examples on C#
and Java

George.

 

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

IMO, the best is: http://www.siberix.com/ though it isn't free...

 

[George Ter-Saakov]

Ok, I meant out of free ones.
I have not evaluated the siberix. But the iTextSharp did everything I needed
and I can not imagine anything else I would need out of PDF library that
iTextSharp does not have.

1. iTextSharp has complete source. so you can easily modify/adapt to your
needs.
2. The way it's written I can tell it's a mature product with a lot of
functionality and most likely you will not need to modify/adapt it

George.

 

[Guest]

I dont mind paying as long as it is robust and scalable.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

If price were not an issue, which would be the best one?

Ok, I meant out of free ones.
I have not evaluated the siberix. But the iTextSharp did everything I
needed and I can not imagine anything else I would need out of PDF library
that iTextSharp does not have.

1. iTextSharp has complete source. so you can easily modify/adapt to your
needs.
2. The way it's written I can tell it's a mature product with a lot of
functionality and most likely you will not need to modify/adapt it

George.

 

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

If price were not an issue, which would be the best one?

Siberix, IMO.

 

[George Ter-Saakov]

There is a saying... "The shortest road is the one you know".

Pretty much same goes for best third party software.
For me it would be iTextSharp but only just because I have written working
project with it....

George.

If price were not an issue, which would be the best one?

 

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

I don't mind paying as long as it is robust and scalable.

It is.

 

[Scott Roberts]

I'll have to admit that I haven't tried anything too advanced, but we use
ABCpdf from webSupergoo and it's pretty nice.

http://www.abcpdf.com/

 

[Chris Bordeman]

Looking at the Siberix site, it can't "Open, modify, merge, split, fill
forms or print existing PDF documents" which means it doesn't meet the
stated requirements.

Ok, I meant out of free ones.
I have not evaluated the siberix. But the iTextSharp did everything I
needed and I can not imagine anything else I would need out of PDF library
that iTextSharp does not have.

1. iTextSharp has complete source. so you can easily modify/adapt to your
needs.
2. The way it's written I can tell it's a mature product with a lot of
functionality and most likely you will not need to modify/adapt it

George.

 

[Guest]

Looks like iText is the one for us. We have tested it exhaustively and it
appears to work well.

I don't mind paying as long as it is robust and scalable.

It is.
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