devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new

Name: devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new
Author: DevExpress

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How to install devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new?

devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new

$npx -y skills add DevExpress/agent-skills --skill devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new

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Create, load, modify, secure, and print PDF documents using the new DevExpress.Docs.Pdf API — a modern object-oriented DOM approach for .NET. Use when building .NET applications that need to programmatically generate or edit PDF files using the new DevExpress PDF Document API (CT

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SKILL.md

1	# DevExpress New PDF Document API (CTP)
2
3	> [!IMPORTANT] Community Technology Preview (CTP)
4	> The `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf` library is currently available as a CTP. Do not use it in mission-critical production applications. Try the library, share feedback, and await the official release. The legacy `DevExpress.Pdf` (PdfDocumentProcessor) API remains fully supported.
5
6	The new DevExpress PDF Document API (`DevExpress.Docs.Pdf`) is a cross-platform .NET library with a strongly-typed, object-oriented document model. It lets you create, load, modify, save, print, encrypt, and structurally tag PDF documents. The entry point is `PdfDocument`, which exposes pages, fragments, annotations, form fields, metadata, structure tree, and attachments as first-class typed collections. Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
7
8	## When to Use This Skill
9
10	- Create new PDF documents with text, images, shapes, and reusable templates
11	- Load and modify existing PDF files (edit content, add/remove pages, manage annotations)
12	- Manage interactive forms: create, fill, flatten, import/export AcroForm data
13	- Find, format, redact, or permanently remove text from PDF documents
14	- Encrypt PDF documents and set granular permissions (print, modify, extract)
15	- Build tagged/accessible PDFs (PDF/UA) using the structure tree API
16	- Merge PDF documents or reorganize pages (clone, reorder, rotate, resize)
17	- Embed file attachments or ZUGFeRD/Factur-X electronic invoice XML
18	- Print PDFs cross-platform (Windows, Linux/macOS via CUPS)
19	- Migrate existing code from `PdfDocumentProcessor` to the new `PdfDocument` API
20
21	## Prerequisites & Installation
22
23	> CTP Warning: This package is a pre-release. Pin to the exact v26.1 version to avoid unexpected changes.
24
25	### NuGet Packages
26
27	\| Package \| Purpose \|
28	\|---------\|---------\|
29	\| `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf` \| New PDF Document API (CTP) \|
30
31	### .NET (8/9/10+)
32
33	```bash
34	dotnet add package DevExpress.Docs.Pdf
35	```
36
37	### .NET Framework (4.7.2+)
38
39	```
40	Install-Package DevExpress.Docs.Pdf
41	```
42
43	Or add DLL references: `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.v26.1.dll`, `DevExpress.Data.v26.1.dll`, `DevExpress.Drawing.v26.1.dll`, `DevExpress.Printing.v26.1.Core.dll`, `DevExpress.Office.v26.1.Core.dll`, `DevExpress.Docs.Core.v26.1.dll`.
44
45	Important: All DevExpress packages in a project must share the same version. A valid DevExpress license is required.
46
47	### Non-Windows Platform Support (Linux, macOS, Docker, Cloud)
48
49	Despite the new object model, `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf` is built on the same `DevExpress.Drawing` library as the legacy `PdfDocumentProcessor` API (note `DevExpress.Drawing.v26.1.dll` in the .NET Framework assembly list above) — it still uses a platform-specific drawing engine: GDI+ on Windows, SkiaSharp elsewhere. The SkiaSharp-based engine is enabled automatically on non-Windows platforms. Enable `Settings.DrawingEngine` at app startup only to force Skia on Windows (e.g., to work around the 10K GDI-handle limit). Add the Skia-based drawing engine package for Linux/macOS/Docker/Cloud:
50
51	```bash
52	dotnet add package DevExpress.Drawing.Skia
53	```
54
55	On Linux, also install the font libraries: `sudo apt-get install -y libc6 libicu-dev libfontconfig1` (Debian/Ubuntu) or `sudo yum install -y glibc-devel libicu fontconfig` (RHEL/CentOS/Fedora).
56
57	For printing on non-Windows, use [PrintOptions.PrinterSettings](https://docs.devexpress.com/OfficeFileAPI/DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.Printing.PrintOptions.PrinterSettings) to print through [CUPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_UNIX_Printing_System) on macOS/Linux.
58
59	## Before You Start — Ask the Developer
60
61	If the host agent has a structured question-asking tool available, use it to ask these questions one at a time with clear options — for example, Claude Code's `AskUserQuestion` tool or GitHub Copilot's `askQuestions` tool. If no such tool is available, ask the questions directly in the chat response before generating code.
62
63	Before generating code, confirm the following:
64
65	### General
66	1. Target framework: .NET 8+ or .NET Framework 4.x?
67	2. New or existing project?: Creating fresh or adding to an existing codebase?
68	3. Hosting model: Console, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, WinForms, WPF,

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How to install devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new?

devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new

$npx -y skills add DevExpress/agent-skills --skill devexpress-office-file-api-pdf-new

Installs into the current project.

Summary

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SKILL.md

1	# DevExpress New PDF Document API (CTP)
2
3	> [!IMPORTANT] Community Technology Preview (CTP)
4	> The `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf` library is currently available as a CTP. Do not use it in mission-critical production applications. Try the library, share feedback, and await the official release. The legacy `DevExpress.Pdf` (PdfDocumentProcessor) API remains fully supported.
5
6	The new DevExpress PDF Document API (`DevExpress.Docs.Pdf`) is a cross-platform .NET library with a strongly-typed, object-oriented document model. It lets you create, load, modify, save, print, encrypt, and structurally tag PDF documents. The entry point is `PdfDocument`, which exposes pages, fragments, annotations, form fields, metadata, structure tree, and attachments as first-class typed collections. Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
7
8	## When to Use This Skill
9
10	- Create new PDF documents with text, images, shapes, and reusable templates
11	- Load and modify existing PDF files (edit content, add/remove pages, manage annotations)
12	- Manage interactive forms: create, fill, flatten, import/export AcroForm data
13	- Find, format, redact, or permanently remove text from PDF documents
14	- Encrypt PDF documents and set granular permissions (print, modify, extract)
15	- Build tagged/accessible PDFs (PDF/UA) using the structure tree API
16	- Merge PDF documents or reorganize pages (clone, reorder, rotate, resize)
17	- Embed file attachments or ZUGFeRD/Factur-X electronic invoice XML
18	- Print PDFs cross-platform (Windows, Linux/macOS via CUPS)
19	- Migrate existing code from `PdfDocumentProcessor` to the new `PdfDocument` API
20
21	## Prerequisites & Installation
22
23	> CTP Warning: This package is a pre-release. Pin to the exact v26.1 version to avoid unexpected changes.
24
25	### NuGet Packages
26
27	\| Package \| Purpose \|
28	\|---------\|---------\|
29	\| `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf` \| New PDF Document API (CTP) \|
30
31	### .NET (8/9/10+)
32
33	```bash
34	dotnet add package DevExpress.Docs.Pdf
35	```
36
37	### .NET Framework (4.7.2+)
38
39	```
40	Install-Package DevExpress.Docs.Pdf
41	```
42
43	Or add DLL references: `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.v26.1.dll`, `DevExpress.Data.v26.1.dll`, `DevExpress.Drawing.v26.1.dll`, `DevExpress.Printing.v26.1.Core.dll`, `DevExpress.Office.v26.1.Core.dll`, `DevExpress.Docs.Core.v26.1.dll`.
44
45	Important: All DevExpress packages in a project must share the same version. A valid DevExpress license is required.
46
47	### Non-Windows Platform Support (Linux, macOS, Docker, Cloud)
48
49	Despite the new object model, `DevExpress.Docs.Pdf` is built on the same `DevExpress.Drawing` library as the legacy `PdfDocumentProcessor` API (note `DevExpress.Drawing.v26.1.dll` in the .NET Framework assembly list above) — it still uses a platform-specific drawing engine: GDI+ on Windows, SkiaSharp elsewhere. The SkiaSharp-based engine is enabled automatically on non-Windows platforms. Enable `Settings.DrawingEngine` at app startup only to force Skia on Windows (e.g., to work around the 10K GDI-handle limit). Add the Skia-based drawing engine package for Linux/macOS/Docker/Cloud:
50
51	```bash
52	dotnet add package DevExpress.Drawing.Skia
53	```
54
55	On Linux, also install the font libraries: `sudo apt-get install -y libc6 libicu-dev libfontconfig1` (Debian/Ubuntu) or `sudo yum install -y glibc-devel libicu fontconfig` (RHEL/CentOS/Fedora).
56
57	For printing on non-Windows, use [PrintOptions.PrinterSettings](https://docs.devexpress.com/OfficeFileAPI/DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.Printing.PrintOptions.PrinterSettings) to print through [CUPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_UNIX_Printing_System) on macOS/Linux.
58
59	## Before You Start — Ask the Developer
60
61	If the host agent has a structured question-asking tool available, use it to ask these questions one at a time with clear options — for example, Claude Code's `AskUserQuestion` tool or GitHub Copilot's `askQuestions` tool. If no such tool is available, ask the questions directly in the chat response before generating code.
62
63	Before generating code, confirm the following:
64
65	### General
66	1. Target framework: .NET 8+ or .NET Framework 4.x?
67	2. New or existing project?: Creating fresh or adding to an existing codebase?
68	3. Hosting model: Console, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, WinForms, WPF,

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