XtudioPdf for VS Code

Design the PDFs of your .NET project without leaving the editor.

• Right-click a folder → "New XtudioPdf document…": asks for the name and size and creates Name.pdfx (the template), its sample data, the DTO and the report class in that folder.
• Open a .pdfx: the visual designer opens in the tab. What you save there is written to the file; the { } button in the tab bar opens it as JSON.
• Grouped files: in the explorer, the .sample.json, Dto.cs and Report.cs files appear nested under the .pdfx.

From code you use the report like any other class:

builder.Services.AddPdfReports();

app.MapGet("/invoices/{id}.pdf", async (int id, InvoiceReport report, AppDb db) =>
    Results.File(report.Generate(await db.Invoices.LoadAsync(id)), "application/pdf"));

Requirements

• The XtudioPdf.AspNetCore (or XtudioPdf.Core) package in the project.
• The .NET SDK (8 or later). The extension installs the xtudiopdf tool by itself the first time you open a .pdfx and keeps it up to date.

Language

The designer, the extension messages and the xtudiopdf tool use the language you pick in the designer (EN / ES, English by default). The VS Code menus follow the VS Code display language.

Settings

Development

npm install
npm run compile
npm run package          # creates xtudiopdf-<version>.vsix
# Integration tests (downloads VS Code the first time):
XTUDIOPDF_TEST_WORKSPACE=/path/to/a/project npm test