{"id":3620,"date":"2026-04-08T17:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.com\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:14:58","slug":"xceed-pdf-library-for-net-2-0-more-control-modern-apis-and-signature-workflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.com\/fr\/blog\/all\/xceed-pdf-library-for-net-2-0-more-control-modern-apis-and-signature-workflows\/","title":{"rendered":"Xceed PDF Library for .NET 2.0. More Control, Modern APIs, and Signature Workflows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is not an incremental update. It changes how teams create, modify, validate, and manage PDF documents in environments where reliability and maintainability matter.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

More control over document structure<\/h2>\n\n

This release gives developers much stronger control over how PDF documents are assembled and managed.<\/p>\n\n

Page management<\/h3>\n

Developers can now insert pages at a specific index, reorder pages within the PageCollection<\/span>, and remove or clear pages entirely. This makes document restructuring far easier than before \u2014 no workarounds needed.<\/p>\n\n

Bookmark, form field, and annotation management<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s now possible to remove or clear bookmarks, hyperlinks, form fields, attachments, and watermarks from existing documents. Developers can also add bookmarks at the top level or as children of another bookmark, enabling full hierarchical navigation structures.<\/p>\n\n

Document splitting and merging<\/h3>\n

New configuration classes \u2014 SplitByBookmarkOptions<\/span>, SplitByPageOptions<\/span>et MergeOptions<\/span> \u2014 give precise control over how to process and recombine documents. As a result, multi-section reports, post-processing pipelines, and large document workflows become significantly more practical.<\/p>\n\n

Modernized APIs for cleaner development<\/h2>\n\n

A major part of this release is API modernization. While some of these changes are breaking, they move the library toward a cleaner and more consistent model.<\/p>\n\n

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Removal of Xceed.Drawing dependency<\/h3>\n

\n Xceed.PdfLibrary<\/span>\n no longer depends on\n Xceed.Drawing.NET.dll<\/span>.\n Reference color types directly from the\n Xceed.PdfLibrary<\/span>\n namespace instead.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Brush and Pen replace Color properties<\/h3>\n

TextStyle<\/span> now uses Brush<\/span> et Pen<\/span> instead of separate fill and stroke color properties.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the Pen<\/span> class now uses Color<\/span> et Thickness<\/span> naming instead of StrokeColor<\/span> et StrokeWidth<\/span>. These changes modernize the API and provide greater flexibility when working with text styling and drawing operations.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

Other API updates<\/h3>\n\n