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Resolving Compiler Ambiguous Reference Error CS0104 with PdfFormatProvider
Learn how to resolve the ambiguous reference error (Compiler Error CS0104) when using PdfFormatProvider.
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Compiler Error CS0104 with PdfFormatProvider
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Version Product Author
2023.3.1106 RadPdfProcessing Desislava Yordanova

Description

When using the PdfFormatProvider in your project, you may encounter one of the following Compiler Error CS0104 messages during the application build:

  • 'PdfFormatProvider' is an ambiguous reference between 'Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider' and 'Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider'

  • 'PdfFormatProvider' is an ambiguous reference between 'Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider' and 'Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider'

Usually, such an error may occur when the following using statements are imported:

using Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf;
using Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Pdf;
using Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.FormatProviders.Pdf;

PdfFormatProvider provider = PdfFormatProvider();

Solution

Telerik Document Processing Libraries offer PdfFormatProvider which makes it easy to import/export a [RadFixedDocument]({%slug radpdfprocessing-model-radfixeddocument%}) from/to PDF format, preserving the entire document structure and formatting. It is available for:

  • [RadWordsProcessing]({%slug radwordsprocessing-formats-and-conversion-pdf-pdfformatprovider%}): The PdfFormatProvider class of RadWordsProcessing is located in the Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Pdf namespace. RadFlowDocument supports only the export option to PDF format. Importing a PDF document to RadFlowDocument is not supported.

  • [RadSpreadProcessing]({%slug radspreadprocessing-formats-and-conversion-pdf-pdfformatprovider%}): The PdfFormatProvider class of RadSpreadProcessing is located in the Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.FormatProviders.Pdf namespace. The Workbook supports only the export to PDF format. Importing a PDF document to Workbook is not supported.

  • [RadPdfProcessing]({%slug radpdfprocessing-formats-and-conversion-pdf-pdfformatprovider%}): The PdfFormatProvider class of RadPdfProcessing is located in the Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf namespace.

Explicitly specify the namespace when declaring the PdfFormatProvider object based on your specific requirement:

  • If you are working with RadSpreadProcessing, use the following namespace:
 Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider provider = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider();
  • If you are working with RadWordsProcessing, use the following namespace:
  Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider provider = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider();
  • If you are working with RadPdfProcessing, use the following namespace:
  Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider provider = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider();

By explicitly specifying the namespace, you ensure that the correct PdfFormatProvider is used and avoid ambiguous reference errors.

See Also

  • [Using PdfFormatProvider in RadWordsProcessing]({%slug radwordsprocessing-formats-and-conversion-pdf-pdfformatprovider%})
  • [Using PdfFormatProvider in RadPdfProcessing]({%slug radpdfprocessing-formats-and-conversion-pdf-pdfformatprovider%})
  • [Using PdfFormatProvider in RadSpreadProcessing]({%slug radspreadprocessing-formats-and-conversion-pdf-pdfformatprovider%})