ArtifexSoftware · MaksymTkachuk · Apr 22, 2025 · Apr 14, 2025 · Apr 17, 2025 · Apr 18, 2025
diff --git a/Description.md b/Description.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+**Ghostscript.NET** is the most completed managed wrapper library around the [Ghostscript](https://ghostscript.com) library - an interpreter for PDF and PostScript files.
+
+### Features
+
+- View PDF, EPS or multi-page PostScript files on the screen.
+- Rasterize PDF, EPS or multi-page PostScript files to any common image format.
+- An easy way to call a Ghostscript library with a custom arguments / switches.
+- Allows you to rasterize files in memory without storing the output to disk.
+- Supports zoom-in and zoom-out.
+- Supports progressive update.
+- Allows you to run multiple Ghostscript instances simultaneously within a single process.
+- Compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit Ghostscript native library.
diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest.csproj b/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest.csproj
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
-    <ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
-    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
-    <ProjectGuid>{3509F0F7-A7AD-4FEE-B388-AA817F3413E9}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
-    <RootNamespace>Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyName>Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <TargetFrameworkProfile>
-    </TargetFrameworkProfile>
-    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <SccProjectName>
     </SccProjectName>
     <SccLocalPath>
@@ -22,112 +11,27 @@
     </SccAuxPath>
     <SccProvider>
     </SccProvider>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
-    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
-    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
+    <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <ImportWindowsDesktopTargets>true</ImportWindowsDesktopTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x64'">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <OutputPath>bin\x64\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRuleSets>true</CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRuleSets>
     <CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRules>true</CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRules>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x64'">
     <OutputPath>bin\x64\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRuleSets>true</CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRuleSets>
     <CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRules>true</CodeAnalysisIgnoreBuiltInRules>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>false</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="System" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="Callbacks\StdIOHandler.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FMain.cs">
-      <SubType>Form</SubType>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="FMain.Designer.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>FMain.cs</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="FPreview.cs">
-      <SubType>Form</SubType>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="FPreview.Designer.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>FPreview.cs</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="FMain.resx">
-      <DependentUpon>FMain.cs</DependentUpon>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="FPreview.resx">
-      <DependentUpon>FPreview.cs</DependentUpon>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
-      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
-      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
-    <Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
-      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
-      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
-      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
-    </Compile>
-    <None Include="app.config" />
-    <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
-      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
-    </None>
-    <Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
-      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
-      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
-      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
-    </Compile>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Ghostscript.NET\Ghostscript.NET.csproj">
-      <Project>{8BDBDEEC-CAB1-4C0B-86C2-7B0D0D3FE363}</Project>
-      <Name>Ghostscript.NET</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Ghostscript.NET\Ghostscript.NET.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup />
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="_res\ghostscript-dotnet.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
-       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
-  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
-  </Target>
-  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
-  </Target>
-  -->
 </Project>
diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/Ghostscript.NET.DisplayTest/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples.csproj b/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples.csproj
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="ZUGFeRD-csharp" Version="14.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Ghostscript.net\Ghostscript.NET\Ghostscript.NET.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter\Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Ghostscript.NET\Ghostscript.NET.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Program.cs b/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Program.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Program
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("Ghostscript.NET Samples");
+            Console.WriteLine("Ghostscript.NET PDFA3Converter.Samples");
 
             if (!GhostscriptVersionInfo.IsGhostscriptInstalled)
             {
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
             sample = new FacturXWithZUGFeRDcsharpSample();
             sample.Start();
 
-
             Console.ReadLine();
         }
     }

diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Samples/FacturXWithMustangSample.cs b/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Samples/FacturXWithMustangSample.cs
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@
 using Ghostscript.NET.Processor;
 using System.IO;
 using Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter;
-using Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples.ZUGFeRD;
+using Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.ZUGFeRD;
 
 
 namespace Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples
 { 
     public class FacturXWithMustangSample : ISample
     {
         public void Start()
-        {            
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);
+            Console.WriteLine("Running FacturXWithMustangSample");
             Invoice i = (new Invoice()).setDueDate(DateTime.Now).setIssueDate(DateTime.Now).setDeliveryDate(DateTime.Now).setSender((new TradeParty("Test company", "Test Street 1", "55232", "Test City", "DE")).addTaxID("DE4711").addVATID("DE0815").setContact(new Contact("Hans Test", "+49123456789", "test@example.org")).addBankDetails(new BankDetails("DE12500105170648489890", "COBADEFXXX"))).setRecipient(new TradeParty("Franz Müller", "Test Steet 12", "55232", "Entenhausen", "DE")).setReferenceNumber("991-01484-64").setNumber("123").
                     addItem(new Item(new Product("Test product", "", "C62", 19m), 1.0m, 1.0m));
 
@@ -47,7 +49,11 @@ public void Start()
             string outfilename = "factur-x.xml";
             File.WriteAllBytes(outfilename, zf2p.getXML());
 
-            PDFA3Converter converter = new PDFA3Converter(@"d:\gs\gs9.56.1\bin\gsdll64.dll");
+            string gsFilePath = @"C:\Program Files\gs\gs10.05.0\bin\gsdll64.dll";
+            Console.WriteLine("Using Ghostscript filepath: " + gsFilePath);
+            Console.WriteLine("Ensure this is the filepath to your installed Ghostscript!");
+
+            PDFA3Converter converter = new PDFA3Converter(gsFilePath);
 
             converter.SetZUGFeRDProfile(Profiles.getByName("EN16931").getXMPName());
             converter.SetZUGFeRDVersion("2.3");

diff --git a/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Samples/FacturXWithZUGFeRDcsharpSample.cs b/Ghostscript.NET.PDFA3Converter.Samples/Samples/FacturXWithZUGFeRDcsharpSample.cs
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ public class FacturXWithZUGFeRDcsharpSample : ISample
     {
         public void Start()
         {
+            Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);
+            Console.WriteLine("Running FacturXWithZUGFeRDcsharpSample");
             string outFilename = "factur-x.xml";
             InvoiceDescriptor invoice = CreateInvoice();
             invoice.Save(outFilename, ZUGFeRDVersion.Version22, s2industries.ZUGFeRD.Profile.Comfort);
 
-            PDFA3Converter converter = new PDFA3Converter(@"d:\gs\gs9.56.1\bin\gsdll64.dll");
+            string gsFilePath = @"C:\Program Files\gs\gs10.05.0\bin\gsdll64.dll";
+            Console.WriteLine("Using Ghostscript filepath: "+ gsFilePath);
+            Console.WriteLine("Ensure this is the filepath to your installed Ghostscript!");
+            PDFA3Converter converter = new PDFA3Converter(gsFilePath);
             converter.SetZUGFeRDProfile("EN 16931");
             converter.SetZUGFeRDVersion("2.3");
             converter.SetEmbeddedXMLFile(outFilename);