How to Convert Microsoft Word to PDF in C#

// Import the IronPdf library to handle PDF creation and conversion tasks
using IronPdf;

// Instantiate DocxToPdfRenderer to handle DOCX to PDF conversion
// This object will be used to perform the rendering process.
DocxToPdfRenderer renderer = new DocxToPdfRenderer();

// Render a PDF document from a DOCX file
// The RenderDocxAsPdf method takes the path of a DOCX file and converts it into a PDF document.
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderDocxAsPdf("Modern-chronological-resume.docx");

// Save the rendered PDF document to a file
// The SaveAs method is called on the PdfDocument object to save the converted file as a PDF.
pdf.SaveAs("pdfFromDocx.pdf");

' Import the IronPdf library to handle PDF creation and conversion tasks

Imports IronPdf



' Instantiate DocxToPdfRenderer to handle DOCX to PDF conversion

' This object will be used to perform the rendering process.

Private renderer As New DocxToPdfRenderer()



' Render a PDF document from a DOCX file

' The RenderDocxAsPdf method takes the path of a DOCX file and converts it into a PDF document.

Private pdf As PdfDocument = renderer.RenderDocxAsPdf("Modern-chronological-resume.docx")



' Save the rendered PDF document to a file

' The SaveAs method is called on the PdfDocument object to save the converted file as a PDF.

pdf.SaveAs("pdfFromDocx.pdf")

internal class RecipientsDataModel
{
    // Property for storing the date information in string format
    public string Date { get; set; }

    // Property for storing the location information in string format
    public string Location { get; set; }

    // Property for storing the recipient's name in string format
    public string RecipientsName { get; set; }

    // Property for storing the contact information in string format
    public string ContactUs { get; set; }
}

Friend Class RecipientsDataModel

	' Property for storing the date information in string format

	Public Property [Date]() As String



	' Property for storing the location information in string format

	Public Property Location() As String



	' Property for storing the recipient's name in string format

	Public Property RecipientsName() As String



	' Property for storing the contact information in string format

	Public Property ContactUs() As String

End Class

using IronPdf;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

// Define the data model for recipient information.
public class RecipientsDataModel
{
    // Date of the event.
    public string Date { get; set; }

    // Location of the event.
    public string Location { get; set; }

    // Recipient's name.
    public string Recipients_Name { get; set; }

    // Contact information.
    public string Contact_Us { get; set; }
}

// List of recipient data for the mail merge.
var recipients = new List<RecipientsDataModel>()
{
    new RecipientsDataModel()
    {
        Date = "Saturday, October 15th, 2023",
        Location = "Iron Software Cafe, Chiang Mai",
        Recipients_Name = "Olivia Smith",
        Contact_Us = "support@ironsoftware.com"
    },
    new RecipientsDataModel()
    {
        Date = "Saturday, October 15th, 2023",
        Location = "Iron Software Cafe, Chiang Mai",
        Recipients_Name = "Ethan Davis",
        Contact_Us = "support@ironsoftware.com"
    },
};

// Instantiate a new DocxToPdfRenderer.
DocxToPdfRenderer docxToPdfRenderer = new DocxToPdfRenderer();

// Initialize rendering options.
DocxPdfRenderOptions options = new DocxPdfRenderOptions
{
    // Set the option to combine all documents into a single PDF.
    MailMergePrintAllInOnePdfDocument = true
};

// Perform the mail merge and convert the DOCX/DOTX template to PDF.
// This method will use the template "Party-invitation.dotx" to generate PDFs for each recipient.
IEnumerable<PdfDocument> pdfs = docxToPdfRenderer.RenderDocxMailMergeAsPdf<RecipientsDataModel>(
    recipients,
    "Party-invitation.dotx",
    options);

// Save the first generated PDF document to a file.
// Here, we assume that there is at least one PDF in the sequence.
pdfs.FirstOrDefault()?.SaveAs("mailMerge.pdf");

Imports IronPdf

Imports System.Collections.Generic

Imports System.Linq



' Define the data model for recipient information.

Public Class RecipientsDataModel

	' Date of the event.

	Public Property [Date]() As String



	' Location of the event.

	Public Property Location() As String



	' Recipient's name.

	Public Property Recipients_Name() As String



	' Contact information.

	Public Property Contact_Us() As String

End Class



' List of recipient data for the mail merge.

Private recipients = New List(Of RecipientsDataModel)() From {

	New RecipientsDataModel() With {

		.Date = "Saturday, October 15th, 2023",

		.Location = "Iron Software Cafe, Chiang Mai",

		.Recipients_Name = "Olivia Smith",

		.Contact_Us = "support@ironsoftware.com"

	},

	New RecipientsDataModel() With {

		.Date = "Saturday, October 15th, 2023",

		.Location = "Iron Software Cafe, Chiang Mai",

		.Recipients_Name = "Ethan Davis",

		.Contact_Us = "support@ironsoftware.com"

	}

}



' Instantiate a new DocxToPdfRenderer.

Private docxToPdfRenderer As New DocxToPdfRenderer()



' Initialize rendering options.

Private options As New DocxPdfRenderOptions With {.MailMergePrintAllInOnePdfDocument = True}



' Perform the mail merge and convert the DOCX/DOTX template to PDF.

' This method will use the template "Party-invitation.dotx" to generate PDFs for each recipient.

Private pdfs As IEnumerable(Of PdfDocument) = docxToPdfRenderer.RenderDocxMailMergeAsPdf(Of RecipientsDataModel)(recipients, "Party-invitation.dotx", options)



' Save the first generated PDF document to a file.

' Here, we assume that there is at least one PDF in the sequence.

If pdfs.FirstOrDefault() IsNot Nothing Then

	pdfs.FirstOrDefault().SaveAs("mailMerge.pdf")

End If