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RTF to PDF

Nutrient .NET SDK converts RTF documents to PDF without requiring Microsoft Word or Office interop.

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Prepare the project

Register the SDK license before running conversion operations. For setup details, refer to the getting started with .NET SDK guide.

using GdPicture14;
LicenseManager license = new LicenseManager();
license.RegisterKEY("");

Convert an RTF document to PDF

using GdPictureDocumentConverter converter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();
GdPictureStatus status = converter.LoadFromFile(@"input.rtf", GdPicture14.DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatRTF);
if (status != GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
throw new Exception(status.ToString());
}
status = converter.SaveAsPDF("output.pdf");
if (status != GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
throw new Exception(status.ToString());
}