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How to re-order the pages in a PDF file WinForms?

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Syncfusion Essential PDF is a .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit PDF documents. Using this library, you can reorder the pages in a PDF file.

Steps to reorder the pages in a PDF file programmatically:

  1. Create a new C# console application project. Create Empty Console Application in Visual Studio
  2. Install the Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to the .NET framework application from NuGet.org. install the nuget package
  3. Include the following namespaces in the program.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing;

 

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.Pdf
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing

 

  1. Use the following C# and VB.NET code snippet to re-order or re-arrange the pages in a PDF file.

C#

//Create an instance of PdfDocument
using (PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Data/Input.pdf"))
{
    //Rearrange the page by index
    loadedDocument.Pages.ReArrange(new int[]{1,0});
    //Save and close the document
    loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf");
}

 

VB.NET

'Create an instance of PdfDocument
Using loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Data/Input.pdf")
   'Rearrange the page by index
   loadedDocument.Pages.ReArrange(New Integer() {1, 0})
   'Save and close the document
   loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf")
End Using

 

A complete working sample can be downloaded from Re-order-Pages-in-PDF-File.zip.

Execute the program with the following input PDF file. pdf file generated after run the application

 

The resultant PDF document will be as follows. the resultant pdf document

 

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find other options like drawing right-to-left text and multi-column text,  consuming TrueType fonts, Standard fonts, CJK fonts Also, the features like PDF form filling, extract text or images from PDF, and protect PDF documents with code examples.

Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential PDF features.

An online sample link to reorder the pages in a PDF file.

Note:

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from a trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer to the link to learn about generating and registering a Syncfusion license key in your application to use the components without a trial message.



Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning how to reorder the pages in a PDF file.
You can refer to our WinForms PDF feature tour page to learn about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation to understand how to create and manipulate data.
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