How to merge all PDF files in a folder in C# and VB.NET?
The Syncfusion Essential PDF is a feature-rich and high performance .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit PDF documents programmatically without Adobe dependencies. This library also offers functionality to merge, split, stamp, forms, compress, and secure PDF files.
This sample explains how to merge all PDF files in a folder into single PDF using Syncfusion .NET PDF library.
Steps to merge all PDF files in a folder programmatically in C#:
- Create a new console application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
- You can merge two PDF documents by using the Merge method of PdfDocumentBase class.
C#
//Merge PDF file PdfDocumentBase.Merge(document, loadedDocument);
VB.NET
'Merge PDF file PdfDocumentBase.Merge(document, loadedDocument)
- Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.Pdf; using Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing; using System.IO;
VB.NET
Imports System.IO Imports Syncfusion.Pdf Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing
- Include the following code snippet in main method of Program.cs file to merge all PDF files in a folder into single PDF document.
C#
//Get the folder path into DirectoryInfo
DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo("../../Data/");
//Get the PDF files in folder path into FileInfo
FileInfo[] files = directoryInfo.GetFiles("*.pdf");
//Create a new PDF document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Set enable memory optimization as true
document.EnableMemoryOptimization = true;
foreach (FileInfo file in files)
{
//Load the PDF document
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(file.FullName, FileMode.Open);
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(fileStream);
//Merge PDF file
PdfDocumentBase.Merge(document, loadedDocument);
//Close the existing PDF document
loadedDocument.Close(true);
}
//Save the PDF document
document.Save("MergedPDF.pdf");
//Close the instance of PdfDocument
document.Close(true);
VB.NET
'Get the folder path into DirectoryInfo
Dim directoryInfo As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo("../../Data/")
'Get the PDF files in folder path into FileInfo
Dim files() As FileInfo = directoryInfo.GetFiles("*.pdf")
'Create a new PDF document
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument
'Set enable memory optimization as true
document.EnableMemoryOptimization = True
For Each file As FileInfo In files
'Load the PDF document
Dim fileStream As FileStream = New FileStream(file.FullName, FileMode.Open)
Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument(fileStream)
'Merge PDF file
PdfDocumentBase.Merge(document, loadedDocument)
'Close the existing PDF document
loadedDocument.Close(True)
Next
'Save the PDF document
document.Save("MergedPDF.pdf")
'Close the instance of PdfDocument
document.Close(True)
A complete work sample to merge all PDF documents in a folder into single PDF document can be downloaded from MergePDF.zip.
Place the files of different file formats in the data folder of project and execute the program to see the merged PDF document created by merging all the PDF files in the folder.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you will find other options like RTF to PDF conversion, XPS to PDF conversion, PDF to image conversion, HTML to MHTML, HTML to SVG, partial webpage to SVG, and more.
Click here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential PDF features.
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