Tutorials – Solid Framework SDK

We’ve created a bunch of tutorials to help you get started with Solid Framework, and to illustrate some of the great things that the framework can do.

If you would like us to create a tutorial on a specific subject then please let us know.

Getting Started

Why Solid Framework is Great - Reconstructing RTF documents using the Core Model.

Get an overview of what is involved in reconstructing an RTF document from a PDF, and see why Solid Framework is great.

Downloading the Solid Framework DLL and getting started

Learn how to create an account, create a license file and download the latest Solid Framework SDK.

Embedding the Solid Framework License in your .NET solution

Learn how to embed the Solid Framework license into your project.

ASP.NET sample - Running conversions from a Web Browser

Sample code to show how to convert a PDF to other types of document using a WebService.
This sample requires a Professional license.

Solid Framework and the Cloud

Using Solid Framework on Azure - Introduction

Introduction to using Solid Framework on Azure

Using Solid Framework on Azure with a Web Job

Dive deeper into reconstructing a Word document from a PDF using Solid Framework on Azure.

Getting the Most from Solid Framework

NSE -Why Solid Framework is great

Non Standard Encoding (NSE) affects about 8% of PDFs, potentially causing entirely meaningless conversions. The video compares the great output from Solid Framework with that made by alternative software vendors.

NSE - and how it beats OCR, and the other competitors

NSE and OCR can both be used to recover badly encoded text. But only NSE can be used to recover some other information in a PDF.

PDFs, Passwords and Permissions

Tell me why I am being told I need a password to convert the file!

Understanding how Rotation Works in Solid Framework

Tell me which way up that page was in the PDF!