Awesome! It is nice when you find the exact tool you need.

Thank you!

Check out the video this coming Monday.

@@IAmTimCorey try running pdfviewer on a linux azure machine. You will need to include separate files from a separately downloadable link, linux nuget package alone is not enough. And when you're developing on a windows machine and deploying on a linux machine, you will have to switch packages, which is annoying. My workaround is building on a linux stack (in azure devops) and adding a build condition so it uses the linux package when building on linux, but this requires build os to be the same as the hosting os. Syncfusion is nice but sometimes it feels like a fight

Thanks for sharing.

Hi Derick, thank you for sharing this feedback. We notified our product team so they can look into this. We appreciate any thoughts you have to improve our tools.

I show how to read from Excel and write to Excel in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJmDZsR6ndSxlXk.html What you do with the data on either side is up to you. That would be a separate video normally since you are just dealing with data in C# at that point.

I agree.

Yes, it will since it does not rely on Office being installed. It also works on Xamarin apps, so you could create Word docs in a mobile app on iOS or Android as well.

No, I do not believe so. However, they do have samples you can download.

It can be. Check out this video for more details: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMthpqZ21q2sdpc.html

I think you missed a few things. First, I did address it in the video. I said that it was an issue and I said that I would cover how to make it actually work (this video does that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6poZJp5zKqXaGQ.html ). I also said that I wanted to keep it in because this is the reality of dealing with documentation and tooling that does not keep up with the rapid changes of both .NET and the newest versions of the product. On this channel, I don't deal with wishful thinking and perfect situations. I deal with how the real-world works. If I just show off perfect demos, that would be doing a disservice to my audience. Because you aren't going to have a perfect experience no matter which vendor or system you work with. If you aren't prepared for it, you will be stuck. So instead, I used it as a learning tool to help you grow in your skills. As for being a sell-out, I take rather strong issue with that even being implied. Exactly what does that mean? I just did multiple videos covering Syncfusion. They paid me for them. So? Did you watch the first video where I talked about how the sponsorship worked? I was recommending to my viewers to use Syncfusion well before they paid me. The videos show off how to use the Syncfusion tools for free. They were videos I would have done anyway. I showed you how to use these paid tools for free without strings and didn't even ask you to buy anything. I did all of that to benefit the community and I took a LARGE portion of the sponsorship money and am using it to benefit local user groups and smaller conferences to encourage and grow the development community. Tell me - what part of that even implies being a sell-out?

@@IAmTimCorey Hey Tim. I think I've been misunderstood. I don't think you're a sell out. It did look like it, but I don't jump to conclusions and I believe you have good manners when making these videos and decisions for your channel. I DON'T think you're a sellout. So when I saw that part, I said to myself: "This is looking like he's a sell-out, but I know he's not." That's what I'm thinking. Because I don't like to jump to conclusions and instead assume that there may be something I don't know. For the record: I benefit a lot from your videos. I get excited when your videos appear on my subscription list or KZfaq homepage. I think you're probably the best ASP.Net C# channel that exists. In your videos, you sound like an extremely trustworthy man and care for your viewers. THAT's the reason why I DON'T believe you're a sellout. I just said it makes you *look less like* a sell-out while I know you're not because I watch your videos and I have some knowledge about you. I think my word choice wasn't good and I apologize for that.

Why is this useless in commercial use? They offer a "community" edition for small businesses, and for bigger companies you have to pay a license, but that's a no-brainer...

What? I don't understand what you are saying. This is the opposite of pointless for commercial use. Commercial use is where this becomes valuable. As for using an open-source library, those are dangerous when used for commercial use. Imagine basing your business off of an open-source library and then finding out that the library was no longer going to be supported and you could not upgrade your app to newer versions because the library wasn't going to be upgraded. Imagine what kind of bind that would put you in as a company. That happens a LOT in open source. The reason is because a lot of open-source projects do not have a viable long-term plan for sustainability. They need income to support their project. The best projects figure out how to make this work. For example, EPPlus (a library that allows you to create Excel files in C#) now has a paid version. If you are a business, you need to pay for EPPlus. That's a good thing. So, when looking at Syncfusion, you know exactly what their business model is - businesses paying for the right to use their products. Syncfusion has been around and creating great products for over two decades. How many open-source projects can say the same? As for .NET having 3 libraries, I am not sure what that means. If you mean that .NET only uses 3 libraries to support itself, that is WAY off. The .NET 6 runtime (just the runtime) installer is 27MB. Then, it extracts to disk and expands. That is because .NET now uses NuGet packages for anything not essential. So, if you want to work with SQL, you need to install a couple NuGet packages, etc. .NET uses LOTS of libraries.

I work with accounting software, these are extremely relevant features in this space - as I'm sure they are in others.

@@pippinjunior2109 I work with accounting data too and use EPPlus for excel generation. Open source but works very well.

yeah same opinion, pay for this, pay for that. I understand if it was placed on flagship application generating money but else good look selling this software because devs won't sell it for you. like you got company's wallet open for all those things when there are bunch of charges already.