Draw Text String in PDF - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Draw Text String in PDF’
Program.vb
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDF
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to draw a text.
''' </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")
' Add page
Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)
' Draw simple text
Dim font = New Bytescout.PDF.Font("Arial", 24)
Dim blackBrush = New Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush()
page.Canvas.DrawString("Simple text.", font, blackBrush, 20, 20)
' Draw text with alignment in specified rectangle
Dim stringFormat = New Bytescout.PDF.StringFormat()
stringFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right
stringFormat.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Bottom
page.Canvas.DrawString("Aligned text", font, blackBrush, New RectangleF(20, 100, 200, 60), stringFormat)
page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(New SolidPen(), 20, 100, 200, 60)
' Draw colored text
Dim boldFont = New Bytescout.PDF.Font("Arial", 32, True, False, False, False)
Dim redBrush = New Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush(New ColorRGB(255, 0, 0))
Dim bluePen = New SolidPen(New ColorRGB(0, 0, 255))
page.Canvas.DrawString("Colored text", boldFont, redBrush, 20, 200)
page.Canvas.DrawString("Outlined colored text", boldFont, redBrush, bluePen, 20, 240)
page.Canvas.DrawString("Outlined transparent text", boldFont, bluePen, 20, 280)
' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")
' Cleanup
pdfDocument.Dispose()
' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Process.Start("result.pdf")
End Sub
End Class
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