Q: PDF/A Convertor .NET Component? I am looking for a PDF/A Converter .NET Component or a way to make one what all technologies of components should be used? Ii would take a word document as as stream and convert it into pdf etc.
Convert word (2003/2007 mostly..and if other office formats etc it would be good.
Convert not create.
Thanks in advance.

A: Http://www.activepdf.com/

A: Several options


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*Aspose - Expensive

*Textcontrol - Very expensive

*Spire - $800

*Raster Edge - Very expensive

*Gembox.Document - $480

*Subsystems - $550

*Muhimbi - Expensive and uses Office interop

*ActivePDF - $400. I think they use Office interop on the server

*Office Interop - Free, but not supported by M$ and ... just don't.

*Open Office Interop - Also free. Also scary.


Prices in US$ are current as of January, 2014
What is this interop of which you speak?
Where you install Word or something on the server, include the DLL in your project as a reference and then call methods.  Problem is these libraries were not written for multi-user/server/web environments. Almost 100% guaranteed to give you errors.

A: You could take a look into Aspose.Pdf for .NET

A: Two questions come to mind: 


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*What is the business case/quantity of Office documents you are translating? Is this a web app that will have hundreds of thousands of users hitting the web server simultaneously, or are you OK with a batch style or to throttle the number of users? 

*What level of quality do you want the PDF at? Print-quality, or web? 

