I have a ASP.net 4.0 which has to generate a PDF and docx file with the same content.
Ofcourse the conversion will take place on server so Office Automation is not an option (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q257757#kb2)
Im faced with the following descision:
Use OpenXML SDK to create the docx and some other free tool to create the PDF.
OR
Buy a SW like Aspose so I only will have to create the docx and then generate a PDF from the docx.
What is your opinion about this? Aspose Word costs $900, will I save as much time with it to be worth it?
If I choose the free option will I have a hard time getting the docx and pdf to look exactly the same?
How about giving ABCPDF a try? It’s free. We’ve used it to do a broad array of PDF and Word related things.