PDFTron's PDF library for Windows comes in a variety of versions to best suit your needs. For example, if you are working in a windows environment we provide .NET 2.0 and .NET 4.x (with WPF) libraries, that allow you to develop in any language that targets the .NET runtime.

If you are developing on Linux or macOS platform, or need to support multiple platforms, we provide a native C/C++ library, as well as .NET Core and Java wrappers over the native library.

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Get started

Use the guides below to get started with the language/framework of your choice:

• .NET development with WPF/WinForms support : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using .NET Framework
• Native C/C++ development guide : If you are looking to develop native applications on Windows, starting with C++ would be a good starting point.

• If you would prefer to use other languages or frameworks, we have you covered with more step-by-step guides:

  • .NET Core : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using .NET Core.
  • Cordova : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using Cordova.
  • Electron : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using Electron.
  • Java : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using Java.
  • Python : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using Python.
  • C interface binding : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using C interface binding.
• UWP : Get started with the PDFTron SDK using UWP

SDK overview

Our Windows PDF library contains the following files and folders in it. See "What is PDFTron SDK? " for more about PDF internals.

• Lib - The folder containing PDFTron libraries/components.
• CosEdit - An evaluation version of CosEdit, a stand-alone, low-level PDF editor. You can use CosEdit to inspect the low-level structure and contents of PDF documents.
• Doc - A folder containing PDFTron API Reference Manual as a WinHelp file.
• Samples - Folder containing PDFTron sample projects.
• legal.txt - Legal and copyright information.
• license.pdf - CPU license agreement and warranty for this product.