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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
Jan 15 '08 #1
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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.
<pa***@community.nospamwrote in message
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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

Jan 15 '08 #2
"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
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The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net
I disagree...

IMO, the best is: http://www.siberix.com/ though it isn't free...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jan 15 '08 #3
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]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
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>The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

IMO, the best is: http://www.siberix.com/ though it isn't free...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jan 15 '08 #4
If price were not an issue, which would be the best one?
"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
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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]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
news:eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl. ..
>>The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

IMO, the best is: http://www.siberix.com/ though it isn't free...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net


Jan 15 '08 #5
I dont mind paying as long as it is robust and scalable.

Thanks!
"Mark Rae [MVP]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

IMO, the best is: http://www.siberix.com/ though it isn't free...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jan 15 '08 #6
<pa***@community.nospamwrote in message
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If price were not an issue, which would be the best one?
Siberix, IMO.
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jan 15 '08 #7
<pa***@community.nospamwrote in message
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>>The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

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

I don't mind paying as long as it is robust and scalable.
It is.
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jan 15 '08 #8
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.

<pa***@community.nospamwrote in message
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If price were not an issue, which would be the best one?
"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
news:uA**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>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]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
news:eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>"George Ter-Saakov" <gt****@cardone.comwrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl.. .

The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

IMO, the best is: http://www.siberix.com/ though it isn't free...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net



Jan 15 '08 #9
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/
<pa***@community.nospamwrote in message
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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
Jan 16 '08 #10
Looks like iText is the one for us. We have tested it exhaustively and it
appears to work well.

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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<pa***@community.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>The best is iTextSharp itextsharp.sourceforge.net

I disagree...

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

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

It is.
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jan 28 '08 #11

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