Free version

Download

All versions of GemBox.Document come in the Microsoft Windows Installer (.msi) format, which ensures that you can easily install / uninstall and use multiple GemBox.Document versions on the same machine. To install GemBox.Document Free download setup from the following link and execute it with administrator privileges:

Download GemBox.Document Free 1.0

Limitations

GemBox.Document Free delivers the same performance and set of features as the Professional version.

However, Free version is limited to 20 paragraphs. This limitation is enforced during reading or writing files.

FreeLimitReached event allows you to control what happens when your application reaches free version limit.

First steps

Using GemBox.Document component is easy and straightforward. The following code is needed to generate simple Word file from your application:

C# code:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
   ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
 
   var doc = new DocumentModel();
   doc.Sections.Add(new Section(doc, new Paragraph(doc, "Hello World!")));
   doc.Save("Document.docx", SaveOptions.DocxDefault);
}

Visual Basic .NET code:

Sub Main()
 
   ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
 
   Dim doc = New DocumentModel()
   doc.Sections.Add(New Section(doc, New Paragraph(doc, "Hello World!")))
   doc.Save("Document.docx", SaveOptions.DocxDefault)
 
End Sub

Usage

You can use GemBox.Document Free for the any purpose, including use in commercial applications.

However, you are required to acknowledge in your application that you are using GemBox.Document Free for specific purpose and you need to provide a link to GemBox.Document or GemBox.Document Free page. You can format and formulate the acknowledgement in any way you like. For example, if you have created web application, you can put exported to DOCX using GemBox.Document Free .NET component link on the bottom of export data (or similar) page. Again, format and text is arbitrary, as long as you mention GemBox.Document Free and a link to a page on our web site.

GemBox Software is under no responsibility to provide any technical or any other support to the users of the free version.