The first step in deploying your application is to package the required ImageGear Runtime components.

If your application requires Office, you will also need to package the OfficeCore installer. This installer will include all Office components and the LibreOffice instance manager needed to use Office features.

In order to use ImageGear.Formats.Office namespace, two conditions must be met:

1. LibreOffice needs to be present on the user’s machine.
2. ImageGear needs to know the location of the LibreOffice Instance Manager (LIM).

Running the OfficeCore installer will take care of both of the above requirements.

ImageGear provides three different options to package the required files:

• (Recommended) The Deployment Packaging Wizard (DPW)
  • Identifies and generates the ImageGear Runtime components required by your application
  • Packages the required components
  • Stores the required files in a specified output folder, creating sub-folders for the Runtime and licensing components
• ImageGear NuGet Packages
• Manual Packaging