With Spire.PDF for .NET, we could save PDF to SVG easily. Starts from Spire.PDF V 6.5.6, it supports to convert SVG image to PDF. This article will demonstrate how to add a SVG image to PDF file and convert SVG to PDF.
Convert SVG to PDF
Spire.PDF offers a method of doc.LoadFromSvg() to load the SVG directly and doc.SaveToFile()method to save to PDF file.
Firstly, view the Sample SVG image:
C#
using Spire.Pdf;
namespace SVGtoPDF
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
doc.LoadFromSvg("Sample.svg");
doc.SaveToFile("Result.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
}
}
}
VB.NET
Imports Spire.Pdf
Namespace SVGtoPDF
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
Dim doc As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument
doc.LoadFromSvg("Sample.svg")
doc.SaveToFile("Result.pdf", FileFormat.PDF)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Effective screenshot after converting SVG to PDF:
Add SVG image to PDF file
Besides convert the SVG directly to PDF, it also supports to add an existing SVG image to PDF file. It also supports to set the position and size of the SVG image after adding it to PDF. Please check the steps as below:
C#
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using System.Drawing;
namespace AddSVGImagetoPDF
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PdfDocument doc1 = new PdfDocument();
doc1.LoadFromSvg("Sample.svg");
PdfDocument doc2 = new PdfDocument();
doc2.LoadFromFile("Sample2.pdf");
PdfTemplate template = doc1.Pages[0].CreateTemplate();
//template.Draw(doc2.Pages[0].Canvas, new PointF());
//set the position and size of SVG image
doc2.Pages[0].Canvas.DrawTemplate(doc1.Pages[0].CreateTemplate(), new PointF(80, 80), new SizeF(300, 300));
doc2.SaveToFile("Result0.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
}
}
}
VB.NET
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports System.Drawing
Namespace AddSVGImagetoPDF
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
Dim doc1 As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument
doc1.LoadFromSvg("Sample.svg")
Dim doc2 As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument
doc2.LoadFromFile("Sample2.pdf")
Dim template As PdfTemplate = doc1.Pages(0).CreateTemplate
'template.Draw(doc2.Pages[0].Canvas, new PointF());
'set the posion and size of SVG image
doc2.Pages(0).Canvas.DrawTemplate(doc1.Pages(0).CreateTemplate, New PointF(80, 80), New SizeF(300, 300))
doc2.SaveToFile("Result0.pdf", FileFormat.PDF)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Effective screenshot after adding a SVG image to PDF file:
