v25.10

New plugin PDF Extractor

  • Class PdfExtractor: contains all functions of plugins: TextExtractor, ImageExtractor, FormExporter.
  • Class TextExtractor: will be deleted soon, use PdfExtractor.
  • Class ImageExtractor: will be deleted soon, use PdfExtractor.
  • Class FormExporter: will be deleted soon, use PdfExtractor.
  • Class TextExtractorOptions: renamed to Class ExtractTextOptions.
  • Class ImageExtractorOptions: renamed to Class ExtractImagesOptions.
  • Class FormExportToDsvOptions: renamed to Class ExtractFormDataToDsvOptions.

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to extract text content of PDF document.

// Create ExtractTextOptions object to set instructions
var options = new ExtractTextOptions();
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
var results = PdfExtractor.ExtractText(options);
// Get the extracted text from the ResultContainer object
var textExtracted = results.ResultCollection[0].ToString();

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to extract text content of PDF document with TextFormattingMode.

// Create ExtractTextOptions object to set TextFormattingMode
var options = new ExtractTextOptions(TextFormattingMode.Pure);
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
var results = PdfExtractor.ExtractText(options);
// Get the extracted text from the ResultContainer object
var textExtracted = results.ResultCollection[0].ToString();

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to extract images from PDF document.

// Create ExtractImagesOptions to set instructions
var options = new ExtractImagesOptions();
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output Directory path
options.AddOutput(new DirectoryDataSource("path_to_results_directory"));
// Perform the process
var results = PdfExtractor.ExtractImages(options);
// Get path to image result
var imageExtracted = results.ResultCollection[0].ToFile();

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Export Form values to CSV file.

// Create ExtractFormDataToDsvOptions object to set instructions
var options = new ExtractFormDataToDsvOptions(',', true);
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_csv_file.csv"));
// Perform the process
PdfExtractor.ExtractFormData(options);

New plugin PDF Manager

  • Class PdfManager: contains all functions of plugins: Merger, Optimizer, Splitter, TableGenerator,TocGenerator.
  • Class Merger: will be deleted soon.
  • Class Optimizer: will be deleted soon, use PdfManager.
  • Class Splitter: will be deleted soon, use PdfManager.
  • Class TableGenerator: will be deleted soon, use PdfManager.
  • Class TocGenerator: will be deleted soon, use PdfManager.

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Merge two PDF documents.

// Create MergeOptions object to set instructions
var options = new MergeOptions();
// Add input file paths
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file_1.pdf"));
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file_2.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.Merge(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Split PDF document.

// Create SplitOptions object to set instructions
var options = new SplitOptions();
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file paths
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file_1.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file_2.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.Split(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Optimize PDF document.

// Create OptimizeOptions object to set instructions
var options = new OptimizeOptions();
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.Optimize(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Rotate PDF document.

// Create RotateOptions object to set instructions
var options = new RotateOptions();
// Set new Rotation
options.Rotation = Rotation.On90;
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.Rotate(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Resize PDF document.

// Create ResizeOptions object to set instructions
var options = new ResizeOptions();
// Set new PageSize
options.PageSize = PageSize.A3;
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.Resize(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Compress PDF document.

// Create CompressOptions object to set instructions
var options = new CompressOptions();
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.Compress(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to Add Table to PDF file.

// Configure table options
var options = new TableOptions();
options.InsertPageBefore(1)
   .AddTable()
        .AddRow()
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Name")
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Age")
        .AddRow()
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Bob")
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("12")
        .AddRow()
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Sam")
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("20")
        .AddRow()
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Sandy")
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("26")
        .AddRow()
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Tom")
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("12")
        .AddRow()
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("Jim")
            .AddCell().AddParagraph("27");
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_input.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_output.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.AddTable(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to add Table of Contents to PDF file.

// Create TocOptions object to set instructions
var options = new TocOptions();
// Set the Title
options.Title = "My Table of Contents";
// Design Headings
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Introduction", 2));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Chapter I", 3));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Chapter II", 4));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Chapter III", 5));
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.AddTableOfContents(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to add Table of Contents to PDF file with generating bookmarks.

// Create TocOptions object to set instructions
var options = new TocOptions();
// Set the Title
options.Title = "My Table of Contents";
// Generate links in bookmarks
options.GenerateBookmarks = true;
// Design Headings
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Introduction", 2, false, 1));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Chapter I", 3, true, 1));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Chapter II", 4, true, 1));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Example A", 4, true, 2));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Example B", 4, true, 2));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Example C", 4, true, 2));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Example D", 4, true, 2));
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Chapter III", 5, true, 1));
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output file path
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("path_to_result_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Perform the process
PdfManager.AddTableOfContents(options);

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to add Table of Contents to PDF file and save as stream.

// Create TocOptions object to set instructions
var options = new TocOptions();
// Set the Title
options.Title = "My Table of Contents";
// Design Headings
options.Headings.Add(new TocHeading("Introduction", 2, false, 1));
// Add input file path
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource("path_to_your_pdf_file.pdf"));
// Set output stream 
var outputStream = new MemoryStream();
options.AddOutput(new StreamDataSource(outputStream));
options.CloseOutputStreams = false;
// Perform the process
PdfManager.AddTableOfContents(options);

Improved usability of TableGenerator

  • Class TableGenerator: is static and does not require the use of a constructor.
  • Class TableGenerator: marked as Obsolete. Use PdfManager instead.

Improved usability of PdfChatGpt

  • Class PdfChatGpt: is static and does not require the use of a constructor.
  • Class PdfChatGptRequestOptions: added property CancellationToken (Moved from PdfChatGpt).

Example Usage:

The example demonstrates how to use PdfChatGpt plugin by adding messages to the request.

var options = new PdfChatGptRequestOptions();
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("PdfChatGPT_output.pdf")); // Add the output file path.
options.ApiKey = "Your API key."; // You need to provide the key to access the API.
options.MaxTokens = 1000; // The maximum number of tokens to generate in the chat completion.
// for cancel
// var cancelTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
// var cToken = cancelTokenSource.Token;
// options.CancellationToken = cToken;

// Add the request messages.
options.Messages.Add(new Message
{
    Content = "You are a helpful assistant.",
    Role = Role.System
});
options.Messages.Add(new Message
{
    Content = "What is the biggest pizza diameter ever made?",
    Role = Role.User
});

// Process the request.
var result = await PdfChatGpt.ProcessAsync(options);

Fixed Bugs

  • Fixed html to pdf conversion meta data
  • Fixed PDF to PDF/A_3b - Text formatting issues and pictures get scaled
  • Fixed PDF to PDFA: resultant PDFA reports error on printing
  • Fixed PDF to HTML: resultant image contains background
  • Fixed HTML to PDF: Some Chinese characters appear as box
  • Fixed HTML to PDF: Base64 custom font is not honored
  • Fixed HTML to PDF: Form field css is not being applied
  • Fixed HTML to PDF: chart is not properly rendering
  • Fixed HTML to PDF: Special characters are not being rendered
Oct 6, 2025
 English