Convert XPS to PDF - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Convert XPS to PDF’
Program.vb
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDF
Imports xps2img
Imports Page = Bytescout.PDF.Page
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates converting xps document to pdf
''' </summary>
Class Program
Shared Sub Main()
' Create new document
Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
' If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below And comment the Add page section instead
' pdfDocument.Load(".\existing_document.pdf")
'Create instance And load file
Dim xps2Image As New Xps2Image("Sample.xps")
' Set parameter
Dim oParam As New Parameters()
oParam.Dpi = 300 ' Set Dpi
oParam.ImageType = ImageType.Png ' Output image type
' Get Bitmap from input file
Dim outBitmapList = xps2Image.ToBitmap(oParam)
For Each itmBitmap In outBitmapList
' Create New pdf page
Dim page As New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
' Save image to a bytestream
Dim byteStream As New MemoryStream()
itmBitmap.Save(byteStream, ImageFormat.Png)
' Fill page with image
Dim pageImage As New Image(byteStream)
page.Canvas.DrawImage(pageImage, 5, 5, pageImage.Width / 2, pageImage.Height / 3)
' Add pdf page to pdf document
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)
Next
' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")
' Cleanup
pdfDocument.Dispose()
' Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
Dim processStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf")
processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = True
Process.Start(processStartInfo)
End Sub
End Class