Quick start

Compose and render

using Papyra.Core;

// 1. Build the document
var document = Document.Create(doc => doc
    .Table(table => table
        .Columns(3)
        .Row(row => row.Cell("Name").Cell("Age").Cell("City"))
        .Row(row => row.Cell("Alice").Cell("30").Cell("Vienna"))
        .Row(row => row.Cell("Bob").Cell("25").Cell("Berlin"))
    )
);

// 2. Render to the desired format
byte[] pdf  = document.RenderAsPdf();
byte[] docx = document.RenderAsDocx();
byte[] xlsx = document.RenderAsXlsx();

Write the bytes wherever you need them:

File.WriteAllBytes("report.pdf", pdf);

Add page setup and styling

var document = Document.Create(doc => doc
    .PageSize(PageSize.A4)
    .Margin(48f)
    .DefaultTextStyle(new TextStyle(FontSize: 10f))
    .Paragraph(p => p.Text("Quarterly report",
        new TextStyle(FontSize: 24f, FontWeight: FontWeight.Bold)))
    .Paragraph(p => p.Text("All figures in GBP."))
);

Styles set closer to the content win; anything unset falls back to DefaultTextStyle. See styling and colors.

Set a license key

A license key is required to build - Papyra checks it at build time, not runtime. Community licenses are free - see licensing.

<PropertyGroup>
  <PapyraLicense>your-license-key</PapyraLicense>
</PropertyGroup>

Where to go next

• Your first invoice - headers, footers, side-by-side rows, and a paginating line-item table
• Tables - the most capable element
• Feature support matrix - what each output format supports
• Papyra.Samples - runnable sample projects on GitHub