How to Convert a File to TIFF

This guide explains how to perform a simple conversion of a file to TIFF.

First, create a PrizmDocServerClient:

var prizmDocServer = new PrizmDocServerClient(/* your connection info */);

Then, call ConvertAsync to take a local file, such as "project-proposal.docx", and have PrizmDoc Server convert it to a TIFF:

IEnumerable<ConversionResult> results = await prizmDocServer.ConvertAsync("project-proposal.docx", DestinationFileFormat.Tiff);

This will upload the file to PrizmDoc Server, ask PrizmDoc Server to convert it to a TIFF, and then return once the conversion is complete.

The returned results are just metadata about the output; the actual output file(s) have not been downloaded yet. In this case, since the destination format supports multiple pages, there will only be a single output file. To actually download the output TIFF from PrizmDoc Server, call SaveAsync on the single result:

await results.Single().RemoteWorkFile.SaveAsync("output.tiff");

Or, if you'd prefer instead to download the bytes to a stream, call CopyToAsync:

await results.Single().RemoteWorkFile.CopyToAsync(myStream);

Here is a complete example:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Accusoft.PrizmDocServer;

namespace Demos
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            MainAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
        }

        static async Task MainAsync()
        {
            var prizmDocServer = new PrizmDocServerClient(/* your connection info */);

            // Take a DOCX file and convert it to a TIFF.
            IEnumerable<ConversionResult> results = await prizmDocServer.ConvertAsync("project-proposal.docx", DestinationFileFormat.Tiff);

            // Save the result to "output.tiff".
            await results.Single().RemoteWorkFile.SaveAsync("output.tiff");
        }
    }
}

There are additional overloads of ConvertAsync which provide more flexibility. See the PrizmDocServerClient API reference for more information.