Foxit PDF Generator for .NET SDK allows software developers to add PDF generation to any .NET application (C# or VB.NET). PDF Generator for .NET SDK is an award-winning product used for the real-time creation of PDF documents based on dynamic data. PDF documents can be generated straight to a Web Form, file, byte array or System.IO.Stream object. The assembly is 100% managed and uses only safe code. The object model is intuitive and easy to learn, yet at the same time is very powerful.

Flexible Licensing
Foxit PDF Generator for .NET SDK is available in two licensing models. Server-based licensing is intended for developers who wish to install our software on their server or web server. It is licensed per production server and allows an unlimited number of installations on development workstations and development servers. This licensing model is ideal for those who wish to install our software on a limited number of servers and allows us to offer a lower price to developers who do not intend to distribute our software to a large number of servers or workstations.

Developer based licensing is intended for developers who wish to distribute our software to a large number of clients. It allows one developer to develop an unlimited number of client or server-based applications that use our product and distribute them royalty free. Our assemblies can easily be deployed with another application using XCOPY or a setup program.

Performance
Foxit PDF Generator for .NET SDK was designed with performance in mind. PDF documents are generated by default using a single pass architecture allowing the PDF output to be sent to the output stream as the document is being created. This minimizes the amount of data stored in RAM as the document is created and frees up resources as quickly as possible during the output process. The architecture is similar to the way ASP.NET renders controls and has proven to be highly efficient.

The object model is multithread safe. Multiple threads can generate PDF documents at the same time. Page Elements, Fonts, Images and other resources can be shared between threads without interfering with each other.

Foxit PDF Generator for .NET SDK creates PDF documents from scratch and does not require the resources of a printer driver. Everything needed to create PDF documents is included in the product allowing the fastest possible execution of 100% managed and safe code. There are no external dependencies and the only thing required to use the product is version 1.0 or greater of the .NET framework. The product has been fully tested and optimized against the .NET Framework 2.0.

Extensibility
Foxit PDF Generator for .NET SDK object model is highly extensible. It includes an API for the development of Custom Page Elements and allows many of the base classes to be inherited.

From within any .NET application (using C# or VB.NET), Foxit PDF Merger for .NET SDK allows .NET software developers the ability to take any existing PDF document and merge, stamp, append, form fill, flatten, encrypt, rotate, scale, split and so much more. Use an entire PDF document or just specific PDF pages. Add content to existing PDF pages or create new pages from scratch. Do all of this using an object model that is intuitive and easy to learn yet flexible enough to put the power into the hands of the developer.

Flexible Licensing
Foxit PDF Merger for .NET SDK is available in two licensing models. Server-based licensing is intended for developers who wish to install our software on their server or web server. It is licensed per production server and allows an unlimited number of installations on development workstations and development servers. This licensing model is ideal for those who wish to install our software on a limited number of servers and allows us to offer a lower price to developers who do not intend to distribute our software to a large number of servers or workstations.

Developer based licensing is intended for developers who wish to distribute our software to a large number of clients. It allows one developer to develop an unlimited number of client or server-based applications that use our product and distribute them royalty free. Our assemblies can easily be deployed with another application using XCOPY or a setup program.

Performance
Performance was a major consideration during the development of Foxit PDF Merger for .NET SDK. The techniques used to parse and manage the imported data are extremely fast and well designed. Only the data required in the output document is parsed and commonly used documents or pages can be stored as static variable to eliminate repeated parsing of the same data. This results in extremely fast performance.

Ease of Use
The Foxit PDF Merger for .NET SDK object model is intuitive and easy to learn.

Two documents can be merged together and output to a Web Form, file, byte array, or System.IO.Stream object with just two lines of code:
MergeDocument document = MergeDocument.Merge( @”C:\DocA.pdf”, @”C:\DocB.pdf” );
document.Draw( @”C:\DocOut.pdf” );

Documents can be appended to an instantiated MergeDocument with one line of code:
document.Append( @”C:\DocC.pdf” );

A page (or range of pages) can be appended to an instantiated MergeDocument object with one line of code:
document.Append( @”C:\DocC.pdf”, 2, 1 );

Flexibility
The Foxit PDF Merger for .NET SDK object model is very flexible and can be used to achieve many PDF manipulation tasks. The MergeDocument object can be used to merge and append PDF documents. Pages from the resulting document can then be accessed and new content can be added to the pages.

Foxit PDF Merger for .NET SDK also includes an ImportedPage object that can be used to add content to an imported page using the Generator for .NET object model. This object inherits from the Generator for .NET’s Page object and can have Page Elements or Custom Page Elements added to it. This is ideal for form filling or using an existing PDF document as a template.

The included ImportedPageArea and ImportedPageData objects are Page Elements that allow an imported page to be placed on a Generator for .NET page and be scaled, shifted or rotated. This allows multiple pages from an existing PDF to be placed onto one page. This is ideal for pre-press work as well and using existing PDF documents as templates for portions of a page.

Objects and methods are also included for reading the content from an imported page and for determining the number of pages in an imported PDF document.