How to save a document in PDF format C# and VB.Net

  1. Save to a file: 
    
            // The file format will be detected automatically from the file extension: ".pdf".
            dc.Save(@"d:\Book.pdf");

    To not rely on the file extension and guarantee that the file contents is really PDF (Adobe Portable Format), you may specify PdfSaveOptions as 2nd parameter. 

                dc.Save(@"d:\Book.pdf", new PdfSaveOptions());

    In PdfSaveOptions you can also set various options which affects to the saving process.

                dc.Save(@"d:\Book.pdf", new PdfSaveOptions()
            {
                Compliance = PdfCompliance.PDF_A,
                PreserveFormFields = true
            });
  2. Save to a Stream: 
                // Let's save our document to a MemoryStream.
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                dc.Save(ms, new PdfSaveOptions()
                {
                    PageIndex=0,
                    PageCount=1,
                    Compliance = PdfCompliance.PDF_A
                });             
            }
 

Complete code

using System.IO;
using SautinSoft.Document;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {
       
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SaveToPdfFile();
            SaveToPdfStream();
        }

        static void SaveToPdfFile()
        {
            // Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
            DocumentCore dc = new DocumentCore();
            dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!");

            string filePath = @"Result-file.pdf";

            dc.Save(filePath, new PdfSaveOptions()
            {
                Compliance = PdfCompliance.PDF_A,
                PreserveFormFields = true
            });
        }

        static void SaveToPdfStream()
        {
            // There variables are necessary only for demonstration purposes.
            byte[] fileData = null;
            string filePath = @"Result-stream.pdf";

            // Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
            DocumentCore dc = new DocumentCore();
            dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!");

            // Let's save our document to a MemoryStream.
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                dc.Save(ms, new PdfSaveOptions()
                {
                    PageIndex = 0,
                    PageCount = 1,
                    Compliance = PdfCompliance.PDF_A
                });
                fileData = ms.ToArray();
            }
            File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, fileData);
        }
    }
}

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            Imports System.IO
Imports SautinSoft.Document

Module ExampleVB

    Sub Main()
        SaveToPdfFile()
        SaveToPdfStream()
    End Sub

    Public Sub SaveToPdfFile()

        ' Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
        Dim dc As New DocumentCore()
        dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!")

        Dim filePath As String = "Result-file.pdf"

        dc.Save(filePath, New PdfSaveOptions() With {
                .Compliance = PdfCompliance.PDF_A,
                .PreserveFormFields = True
            })
    End Sub

    Public Sub SaveToPdfStream()

        ' There variables are necessary only for demonstration purposes.
        Dim fileData() As Byte = Nothing
        Dim filePath As String = "Result-stream.pdf"

        ' Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
        Dim dc As New DocumentCore()
        dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!")

        ' Let's save our document to a MemoryStream.
        Using ms As New MemoryStream()
            dc.Save(ms, New PdfSaveOptions() With {
                    .PageIndex = 0,
                    .PageCount = 1,
                    .Compliance = PdfCompliance.PDF_A
                })
            fileData = ms.ToArray()
        End Using
        File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, fileData)
    End Sub
End Module

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