Convert Excel to PDF in C#

Excel to PDF

Nutrient .NET SDK (formerly GdPicture.NET) offers Office-to-PDF conversion that relies entirely on its own technology. The conversion doesn’t rely on third-party tools such as LibreOffice.

This article explains how to convert Excel files such as XLS or XLSX to PDF.

Creating a PDF from an Excel file

To create a PDF from an Excel file, follow the steps below:

  1. Create a GdPictureDocumentConverter object.
  2. Load the source document by passing its path to the LoadFromFile method. Recommended: Specify the source document format with a member of the DocumentFormat enumeration.
  3. Save the output in a new PDF document with the SaveAsPDF method.

The example below creates a PDF document from an Excel file:

using GdPictureDocumentConverter gdpictureDocumentConverter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();
// Load the source document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.LoadFromFile(@"C:\temp\source.xlsx", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatXLSX);
// Save the output in a new PDF document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.SaveAsPDF(@"C:\temp\output.pdf");

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Optional configuration properties

Optionally, configure the conversion with the following properties of the GdPictureDocumentConverter object:

  • RenderSheetHeadersAndFooters is a Boolean value that specifies whether to display headers and footers in the output PDF file.
  • SplitExcelSheetsIntoPages is a Boolean value that specifies whether to display each sheet of the source Excel file on a separate page in the output PDF file.

The example below creates a PDF document from an Excel file with a custom configuration:

using GdPictureDocumentConverter gdpictureDocumentConverter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();
// Load the source document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.LoadFromFile(@"C:\temp\source.xlsx", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatXLSX);
// Configure the conversion.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.RenderSheetHeadersAndFooters = true;
gdpictureDocumentConverter.SplitExcelSheetsIntoPages = true;
// Save the output in a new PDF document.
gdpictureDocumentConverter.SaveAsPDF(@"C:\temp\output.pdf");

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