How to convert a Word document to PDF in Xamarin.Forms

Yes, it is possible to convert a Word document to PDF in Xamarin platforms. From 2018 Volume 1 release (v16.1.0.24) onwards, Syncfusion provides support for Word to PDF conversion in Xamarin platforms.

Step 1: Create a Xamarin Forms application. For .NET Standard Xamarin application, the target framework must be .NET Standard 1.4 or higher version.

Step 2: Add the following NuGet packages from nuget.org as reference in your Xamarin application. Kindly refer here to install NuGet from NuGet Package Manager.

• Syncfusion.Xamarin.DocIORenderer
• SkiaSharp

You can also install these packages through package manager console using following commands

• Install-package Syncfusion.Xamarin.DocIORenderer -source https://nuget.org/api/v2
• Install-Package SkiaSharp -Version 1.59.3 -source https://nuget.org/api/v2 

Step 3: Kindly add a button in your XAML page.

XAML:

<Button x:Name="btnGenerate" Clicked ="OnButtonClicked" Text ="Convert to PDF" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Center"></Button>

Add the below code example in the button click event handler to create a simple Word document from scratch and convert it to PDF.

C#:

private void OnButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Creates an instance of WordDocument Instance (Empty Word Document)
WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument();
//Add a section & a paragraph in the empty document
wordDocument.EnsureMinimal();
//Append text to the last paragraph of the document
wordDocument.LastParagraph.Text = "Adventure Works Cycles, the fictitious company on which the" +
    " AdventureWorks sample databases are based, is a large, multinational manufacturing company. ";
//Instantiation of DocIORenderer for Word to PDF conversion
DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer();
//Converts Word document into PDF document
PdfDocument pdfDocument = render.ConvertToPDF(wordDocument);
//Releases all resources used by the Word document and DocIO Renderer objects
render.Dispose();
wordDocument.Dispose();
//Saves the PDF file
MemoryStream outputStream = new MemoryStream();
pdfDocument.Save(outputStream);
//Closes the instance of PDF document object
pdfDocument.Close();
}

The sample illustrating how to convert an existing Word document to PDF can be downloaded from here.

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