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OK, riddle me this. I needed to make a PDF with C# code for someone too cheap to pay for Aspose, iTextSharp or other commercial library that would do the job. There seem to be two projects on CodeProject that make rather simple PDFs without a ($600 to start) commercial library. A fair amount of searching led me to the PDFJet library, much of which can be used used for free under a 2 clause BSD license. It's easy to build and I made a pretty complicated PDF Fax Cover Sheet I needed using only C#. I was thrilled so I posted about it with a link to the Open Source library. I bet it could even be compiled to .Net Core though I didn't try.
Anyway, in almost any post in any forum, including CodeProject, the first answer to how to make a PDF with C# is to use the expensive iTextSharp. I wrote about what I had found on the question at https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/5275236/Create-PDF-File-In-Csharp-3-5 which asked "How can i create a pdf file using c# with table format ?"... Which it answers. So why did I get an email saying "Your answer 'Create PDF File In C# 3.5' has been reported by Nelek and has been closed, with the reason being given as Content has been posted that is spam."? It's free for one thing while none of the other libraries are. It's a valuable, uncommon resource to me as a C# developer and might be to others. I have nothing to do with the Open Source project.
One thing I noticed when researching the project. Over and over I found posts on SO with resources ... and the post was marked as closed for being inappropriate for some reason. What is with it about the content police?
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Probably, it was that you were responding to a very old question (2012!) and an older article with links; you aren't a "regular contributor" (your rep graph has been pretty flat for years); two almost identical messages very close together. Oh, and it's another PDF converter - we get a lot of "converter spam":
Quote: Old member pushing a pdf library to a question of 2012 and to an article of 2004. It is supposed to be for free but 2 messages so different with almost the same text within only a couple of minutes?
Either he has changed to the dark side or his account got hijacked, but it is on purpose.
I have to admit, it looks suspicious and I'd probably have reported you and rejected them myself.
It may be that you are genuine - but if what you post looks like pink meat, and smells like pink meat, we;re probably gonna treat it like pink meat! 
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I've asked for the spammer kicks to be reversed, by the way.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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T'anks. There is almost nothing out there about making PDFs without expensive libraries. I was thrilled to find it.
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Michael Breeden wrote: expensive iTextSharp.
I used it once before and it was free, as I recall. No?
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: Not for commercial use.
I wonder what I used then. I could have sworn it was itextsharp and all I had to do was download it.
Maybe not then. Can't remember.
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Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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PDF Sharp has worked well for me in the past when i needed to create downloadable versions of html reports.
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Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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I can download and install SQL Server without paying, doesn't mean I'm allowed to use it commercially 
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Thanks Captain Obvious. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Same here, free and worked just fine.
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Michael Breeden wrote: So why did I get an email saying "Your answer 'Create PDF File In C# 3.5' has been reported by Nelek and has been closed, with the reason being given as Content has been posted that is spam."?
You got caught with both messages in the spam filter. You were using the same pattern that many spammers do and it would be not the first time that someone starts a blog or does something and start pushing "his better solution" all over the place in old questions and articles.
I can only say "sorry".
CP Staff has wiped the reports on your account.
Michael Breeden wrote: and the post was marked as closed for being inappropriate for some reason. What is with it about the content police?
Links to comercial products are not allowed. Spam
Links to demos of paid products are not allowed. Spam
Pushing your own site is not allowed. Site driving <<< That's the one I thought since the messages were so similar and looked so intentionally copy pasted
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Michael Breeden wrote: It's free for one thing while none of the other libraries are. It's a valuable, uncommon resource to me as a C# developer and might be to others. I have nothing to do with the Open Source project.
Additionally... you might post it in Free Tools Discussion Boards[^]
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Is a grave robber a pickpocket that attends funerals?
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Of corpse! It's related to intern-al affairs (not intended as a form of necrophilia in this context) but there may be grave consequences if this deed is undertaken and one is caught.
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Or would that be an Archaeologist?
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Would a cheerful robber not draw attention at a funeral? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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determined strlen repeats and repeats (10)
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Resolution ? don't know why 
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Phew
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chromosome?
I have tried few times, but never ever came close to a word that matches the expected length till now. I don't have much confidence now either but no harm checking. 
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