Compress a PDF by C#.

[Ryohei22742835tiid]

Hi.

I want to compress a PDF by C#.
Please tell me three questions.

1. Acrobat SDK can compress a PDF by C#?
I want to sample source code.
2. Can I try it for free?
3. If use Acrobat SDK, I think need Acrobat application.
So, what do you need, Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Standard?

Thank you.

[Ryohei22742835tiid]

postscript.

4. I want to run in WebServer.

Acrobat SDK can run WebServer?

[Test Screen Name]

Doi you want to run this on a server, or for a single user who will run this manually in an interactive session, or something else?

What exactly do you mean by "compress"? Do you mean "reduce quality to make the file size smaller", or "reduce the page size", or something else?

The Acrobat SDK is a tool for automating Acrobat, so Acrobat is required. You can only automate functions in the version of Acrobat you buy. Some functions need Pro, especially the "PDF Optimizer". 

[Test Screen Name]

Sorry, I missed your postscript. Acrobat cannot be used on a web server. It is not technically suitable (it is interactive and pops up messages) and the license forbids it.

Adobe have a suite of web APIs which may interest you. 

Info Adobe PDF Services | PDF Tools APIs | Adobe Document Services - Adobe Developers

Forum Document Services APIs - Adobe Support Community

[Ryohei22742835tiid]

Thank you for reply.

I want to run on a server.
compress mean is reduce quality to make the file size smaller.
If Adobe have other products, please let me know.

[Test Screen Name]

If you don't want to use Adobe's web services from your web server, you could look at Adobe Experience Manager. Outside my experience, enterprise level software with many PDF functions. Expect a five figure cost per annum.

[Ryohei22742835tiid]

Ok, Thank you very much.

I'll consider it.

[Thom Parker]

What you want is a PDF Library that can be licensed for the server and is capable of low level PDF operations.  There's aren't many of those. 

The Officail Adobe SDK is sold by DataLogics

https://www.datalogics.com/products/pdf-sdks/adobe-pdf-library/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4onLA...

However, PDF is not like a raster image format. It uses a vector graphics language for page content. So the visual quality can't be traded off for size. I'd suggest you read the PDF Specification - ISO 32000