Key Features

GcPdf provides many different features that enable the developers to build intuitive and professional-looking applications. The main features for GcPdf Library are as follows:

• Generate, load, modify and save PDFs
  Using GcPdf, you can create PDF documents with simple or complex business requirements in .NET Standard applications. Moreover, you can also load, modify PDFs from any source and save them again.

• Save PDF document as an Image
  GcPdf enables you to save PDF as Image without hampering the image quality. Further, you can execute this feature with minimal lines of code.

• Supported PDF versions
  GcPdf supports PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 and PDF/A version. Moreover, you can also set the PDF/A conformance levels.

• Advanced text handling
  GcPdf supports standard PDF, True Type, Open Type, and WOFF fonts along with features such as automatic font embedding and subsetting. It provides full text supporting libraries built for .NET Standard 2.0 target, which are system-independent and work on all supported platforms such as .NET Core, .NET Framework etc. Moreover, it provides numerous text handling features like text formatting, paragraph formatting, multiline text, text alignment, text wrap, text extract, line spacing, bidirectional text etc. and support for multiple languages.

• Add PDF security
  GcPdf library allows you to apply robust security while generating PDF documents. GcPdf easily protects your documents using some basic security properties like EncryptHandler, OwnerPassword, UserPassword, AllowCopyContent, AllowEditContent, AllowPrint and more. It is also possible to secure the PDF documents by signing them digitally with timestamp from Time Stamp Authorities (TSA).

• Incremental Update
  GcPdf supports incremental update, which among other things allows the addition of multiple digital signatures to a PDF document, while keeping them all valid.

• Add form fields
  GcPdf allows you to add, modify, and delete different form fields, such as text, check box, radio buttons, signature etc., to create interactive forms. With the help of form fields, you can easily create fillable forms in your PDF document.

• Import and export form data
  GcPdf provides the capability to import or export PDF forms data from or to XML, FDF and XFDF files.

• Generate linearized PDF
  GcPdf allows generation of linearized PDF files to help you load your files quickly.

• Rich set of features
  GcPdf library provides a rich set of features allowing the generation of complex PDF documents with content including text, graphics, images, annotations, outlines and more.

• GrapeCity Documents PDF Viewer
  GrapeCity Documents PDF Viewer is a fast javascript based client-side application allowing users to view PDF documents. It supports many of the standard PDF features.

• Seamless HTML to PDF rendering
  GcPdf library along with GcHtml library, allows you to render HTML text or files to PDF documents.

For additional information about the supported features in GcPdf, see Features topic.