1. IronPDF
  2. Features

IronPDF Features

IronPDF is a .NET library allowing developers to create, edit and export PDF documents.

Compatibility

.NET Versions

  • C# (How-To)
    • Generate and edit PDFs in C# with HTML, MVC, ASPX, & images
  • VB.NET (How-To)
    • Generate and edit PDFs in VB.NET with HTML, MVC, ASPX, & images
  • F# (How-To)
    • Generate and edit PDFs in F# with HTML, MVC, ASPX, & images
  • .NET Core (8, 7, 6, 5, and 3.1+)
    • IronPDF is available for .NET 5, 6, 7, and 8. (Tutorial)
    • IronPDF is also available for .NET Core 2 and 3.1+. (Tutorial)
    • The current .NET Core release supports Linux, Unix and macOS client operating systems as well as Mono.
    • A future release will support Mono and Xamarin mobile environments.
  • .NET Standard (2.0+)
    • IronPDF is compatible with .NET Standard 2.0 and upwards.
  • .NET Framework (4.6.2+) (Code Example)
    • Generate and manipulate PDFs with .NET Framework 4.6.2 and upwards.

.NET Project Types

Tutorial | API Reference

  • Web
    • Utilize IronPDF in web applications.
  • Desktop
    • Utilize IronPDF in desktop applications.
  • Console
    • Utilize IronPDF in console applications.

App Environments

  • Windows (10+, Server UI 2012+, Server Core 2022) (Tutorial)
    • Create any application using IronPDF on Windows.
  • Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, etc.) (Tutorial)
    • Create any application using IronPDF on Linux.
  • Mac (macOS 10+) (Tutorial)
    • Create any application using IronPDF on macOS.
  • Docker (Windows, Linux, Azure) (Tutorial | API Reference)
    • Create any application using IronPDF on Docker.
    • IronPDF Docker Container which can handle the creating, writing, editing, and reading of PDFs. (How-To)
  • Azure (VPS, WebApp, Function) (Tutorial)
    • Create any application using IronPDF on Azure.
  • AWS (EC2, Lambda) (Tutorial)

IDEs

OS & Processors

  • Windows, Mac, Linux
  • x64, x86, ARM

Binary Certification

  • DigiCert Signed Binaries
    • DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1

Generating PDFs

HTML to PDF

Content Pages to PDF

PDF File Conversion

Supports

  • UTF-8 Character Encoding (How-To | Code Example)
    • Supports all known .NET text encodings and code-pages.
    • Set UTF-8 and HTML Encoding in the following ways:
    • In Print Options using System.Text.Encoding.
    • In the HTML Header.
  • Base URLs & Asset Encoding (How-To | Code Example)
    • Automatically embed images and external files into a single HTML template using the built-in Base64 utility.
    • Set up Custom File Paths on a local disk or network to load HTML assets from.
    • Configure base URLs for HTML Documents, Headers, and Footers so that assets may be loaded from local or external locations.
  • TLS Website & System Logins (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Render web pages as PDFs on secure intranets, extranets, and websites.
  • Async & Multithreading (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Async and Thread safety is useful when generating PDFs in batches for high performance, and for stability in high load web applications.
  • Custom Logging (How-To)
    • Redirect and filter the logging from IronPDF with a custom logging class.
  • Cookies (How-To)
    • Allows for custom cookies to be posted with every HTML request. Useful for sessions and logins.

Formatting PDFs

Use HTML Assets

Apply Page Templates

Apply Page Settings

Supports PDF Standards

Editing PDFs

Set Properties & Security

  • Set Password & Permissions (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Set up security settings such as:
    • Disallow copy and paste
    • Disallow forms
    • Disallow Annotations
    • Make the document Read-only
    • Disallow printing
    • Disallow editing
    • Manipulate PDF document passwords by:
    • Open, edit and save encrypted documents
    • Setting PDF document owner and user passwords
    • Removing PDF document passwords
    • Removing and setting PDF document Encryption for passwords
  • Digital Signatures (.pfx, .p12) (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Cryptographically sign PDF digital certificates.
    • Supports PDF incremental saving with signing.
    • Add a secure digital signature to PDF documents, with options to include:
    • Signature date, time
    • Stamp an image (e.g. company logo, handwritten signature picture)
    • Email or contact info of the signer
    • Location where the document was signed
    • A reason for the signature
  • PDF File Compression (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Reduce overall PDF size but compressing images in the document.
  • Edit PDF Metadata (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Add granular meta-data such as:
    • Author
    • Keywords
    • ModifiedDate
  • Edit & Sign Revision History (How-To | API Reference)
    • Maintain a record of the document's revisions, including who made the changes and when.

Edit Document Structure

Edit Page Content

  • Draw Text & Bitmap (How-To | API Reference)
    • Add text to an existing PDF document
    • Add image and bitmap to an existing PDF document
  • Find and Replace Text (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
  • Headers & Footers (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Create text or HTML Headers and Footers, including templating, for your PDF documents
    • Add text-based headers to PDF documents
    • Add HTML headers and footers to PDF documents
    • Provides templating of dynamic data in HTML headers and footers
  • Stamp Text & Images (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Add new HTML content to the foreground or background of PDF documents and set various properties for stamping including:
    • Set Stamp position
    • Set Stamp opacity
    • Set Stamp rotation angles
    • Set Stamp sizes
  • Custom Watermarks (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Add new HTML content to the foreground or background of PDF documents and set various properties for stamping including:
    • Set Stamp position
    • Set Stamp opacity
    • Set Stamp Rotation angles
    • Set Stamp sizes
  • Backgrounds & Foregrounds (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Add foreground overlays to existing PDF documents and make use of existing PDFs for backgrounds on other PDF documents.

Use PDF Forms

  • Create & Edit PDF Forms (How-To | Code Example | Tutorial | API Reference)
    • Create and edit HTML Input and Text Area forms.
    • Create and edit HTML Checkbox and Combobox forms.
    • Create and edit HTML Radio buttons forms.
    • Populate default values for form fields.
    • Read form data.
  • Fill Existing PDF Forms (How-To | Code Example | Tutorial | API Reference)
    • Populate form fields using any of the following methods:
    • Supply default values to existing form fields.
    • Fill in input and text area fields on forms.

View, Read, & Print PDFs

  • IronPDF Viewer (Tutorial)
    • View PDFs in MAUI for C# .NET
  • Print to a Physical Printer (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Print PDF documents to a computer’s default printer.
    • Provide a Windows print dialog box for printing.
    • Provide silent and other advanced printing options for non-GUI applications
  • Extract PDF Text & Images (How-To | Code Example | API Reference)
    • Extracting all text from a PDF document or from certain pages
    • Extracting images from an entire or from certain pages of PDF as bitmap and byte.
    • Extracting embedded images from PDF documents