How to Convert CSV Document to PDF using C#, VB.NET?

Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library is a .NET Excel library used to create, read, and edit Excel documents. Using this library, you can convert CSV document to PDF using Excel to PDF conversion feature in C# and VB.NET.

This article explains how to convert CSV document to PDF using C# and VB.NET.

Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using Syncfusion.XlsIORenderer;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports Syncfusion.ExcelToPdfConverter
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf

Use the following code snippet for converting CSV document to PDF.

C#

using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
    FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Data/Sample.csv", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(inputStream);
    IWorksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

    //Auto-fit all columns in the used range to prevent cropping
    sheet.UsedRange.AutofitColumns();

    //Initialize XlsIORenderer
    XlsIORenderer renderer = new XlsIORenderer();

    //Convert CSV document to PDF document
    PdfDocument pdfDocument = renderer.ConvertToPDF(sheet);

    //Saving the PDF document
    FileStream outputStream = new FileStream("Output.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
    pdfDocument.Save(outputStream);

    //Dispose streams
    inputStream.Dispose();
    outputStream.Dispose();
}

VB.NET

Using excelEngine As New ExcelEngine()
    Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx
    Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Sample.csv")
    Dim sheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

    'Auto-fit all columns in the used range to prevent cropping
    sheet.UsedRange.AutofitColumns()

    'Initialize the ExcelToPdfConverter
    Dim converter As New ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook)

    'Convert CSV document to PDF document
    Dim document As PdfDocument = converter.Convert()

    'Saving the PDF document
    document.Save("Output.pdf")
End Using  

You can get the complete sample for converting CSV document to PDF from here.

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to convert CSV document to PDF using C# and VB.NET in XlsIO.

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