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Is it possible to perform Word to PDF conversion in Azure Environment in ASP.NET MVC application?
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Yes, it is possible to perform Word document to PDF conversion in Azure Web sites using Essential DocIO and PDF libraries.
Step 1:
Create an Azure web site project and refer the below Word document to PDF dependent assemblies on it.
- Syncfusion.Compression.Base.dll
- Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base.dll
- Syncfusion.DocIO.Base.dll
- Syncfusion.DocToPDFConverter.Base.dll
- Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll
- Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.Wpf.dll
- Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF.dll
The following code example illustrates how to convert a Word document into PDF document.
C#:
//Loading word document WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileName, FormatType.Docx); document.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter(); DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter(); //Converts the word document to PDF PdfDocument pdf = converter.ConvertToPDF(document); //Saves the PDF document pdf.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf", Response, HttpReadType.Save); document.close() ;
VB:
'Loading word document Dim document As New WordDocument(stream, FormatType.Docx) document.ChartToImageConverter = New ChartToImageConverter() Dim converter As New DocToPDFConverter() 'Converts the word document to PDF Dim pdf As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(document) 'Saves the PDF document pdf.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf", Response, HttpReadType.Save) document.close()
Know limitation:
The metafile images (*.wmf, *.emf) in Word document are not supported while converting to PDF.
Please make use of the below sample for converting Word document into PDF in Azure environment. This sample is created targeting Azure SDK 2.6.210 and Visual studio 2015.
Sample link:
https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/SampleAspWebApp-108874911.zip