Draw Rectangles in PDF - VBScript and VB6
PDF SDK sample in VBScript and VB6 demonstrating ‘Draw Rectangles in PDF’
Rectangles.vbs
' This example demonstrates how to draw rectangles.
' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object
Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.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")
Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers
' Add page
Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)
Set canvas = page1.Canvas
' Prepare pens and brushes
Set borderPen = comHelpers.CreateSolidPen(comHelpers.CreateColorGray(128), 2.0)
Set brush1 = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(255, 0, 0))
Set brush2 = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(0, 255, 255))
' Draw transparent rectangle with border only
canvas.DrawRectangle (borderPen), 100, 100, 100, 50
' Draw rounded rectangle with broder and filling
canvas.DrawRoundedRectangle_3 (borderPen), (brush1), 250, 100, 100, 50, 10
' Draw rectangle as polygon
Set pointsArray = comHelpers.CreatePointsArray(Array(Array(400, 100), Array(500, 100), Array(500, 150), Array(400, 150)))
canvas.DrawPolygon_3 (borderPen), (brush2), (pointsArray)
' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")
' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false