PDF Page Manipulation in C# and .NET

Processing PDF pages is a common requirement in many applications, whether for reordering, adding, or splitting pages. The SautinSoft.Pdf library provides a reliable set of tools to effectively solve these tasks.

With PDF .Net, you can clone or import pages (and even page trees) between PDF documents in your C# or VB.NET application. You can clone the entire PDF .Net, using the PDF .Net.Clone() method, or just specific pages using the PdfPages.AddClone() method.

The following example shows how to clone a page from another PDF document:

  1. Add SautinSoft.PDF from NuGet.
  2. Load a PDF document.
  3. Add page clone.
  4. Save the PDF document.

Input file:

Output result:

Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection.Metadata;
using SautinSoft;
using SautinSoft.Pdf;
using SautinSoft.Pdf.Content;

namespace Sample
{
    class Sample
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Cloning PDF's page.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/pdf/help/net/developer-guide/cloning-page.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Before starting this example, please get a free 100-day trial key:
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            // Apply the key here:
            // PdfDocument.SetLicense("...");

            // Load a PDF document.
            using (var document = PdfDocument.Load(Path.GetFullPath(@"..\..\..\simple text.pdf")))
            {
                // Add page clone
                document.Pages.InsertClone(1, document.Pages[0]);

                // Save a PDF document.
                document.Save("Output.pdf");
            }

            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(@"Output.pdf") { UseShellExecute = true });
        }
    }
}

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Option Infer On

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Reflection.Metadata
Imports SautinSoft
Imports SautinSoft.Pdf
Imports SautinSoft.Pdf.Content

Namespace Sample
	Friend Class Sample
		''' <summary>
		''' Cloning PDF's page.
		''' </summary>
		''' <remarks>
		''' Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/pdf/help/net/developer-guide/cloning-page.php
		''' </remarks>
		Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
			' Before starting this example, please get a license:
			' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

			' Apply the key here:
			' PdfDocument.SetLicense("...");

			' Load a PDF document.
			Using document = PdfDocument.Load(Path.GetFullPath("..\..\..\simple text.pdf"))
				' Add page clone
				document.Pages.InsertClone(1, document.Pages(0))

				' Save a PDF document.
				document.Save("Output.pdf")
			End Using

			System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("Output.pdf") With {.UseShellExecute = True})
		End Sub
	End Class
End Namespace

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