private void createPdfButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create a PDF document Document pdfDocument = new Document(); // Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode // Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode pdfDocument.LicenseKey = "fvDh8eDx4fHg4P/h8eLg/+Dj/+jo6Og="; Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor; string outPdfFile = @"DemoAppFiles\Output\PDF_Creator\Text_Elements.pdf"; try { // The result of adding Text Elements to PDF document AddElementResult addTextResult = null; // The titles font used to mark various sections of the PDF document PdfFont titleFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(new Font("Times New Roman", 10, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point)); titleFont.IsUnderline = true; // The position on X anf Y axes where to add the next element float yLocation = 5; float xLocation = 5; // Create a PDF page in PDF document PdfPage pdfPage = pdfDocument.AddPage(); // Text Elements Using Fonts Installed in System // Add section title TextElement titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Elements Using Fonts Installed in System", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkGreen; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Embed in PDF document a font with Normal style installed in system Font systemFontNormal = new Font("Times New Roman", 10, GraphicsUnit.Point); PdfFont embeddedSystemFontNormal = pdfDocument.AddFont(systemFontNormal); // Add a text element using a font with Normal style installed in system TextElement embeddedSystemFontNormalTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a font with Normal style installed in system", embeddedSystemFontNormal); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(embeddedSystemFontNormalTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Embed in PDF document a font with Bold style installed in system Font systemFontBold = new Font("Times New Roman", 10, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point); PdfFont embeddedSystemFontBold = pdfDocument.AddFont(systemFontBold); // Add a text element using a font with Bold style installed in system TextElement embeddedSystemFontBoldTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a font with Bold style installed in system", embeddedSystemFontBold); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(embeddedSystemFontBoldTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Embed in PDF document a font with Italic style installed in system Font systemFontItalic = new Font("Times New Roman", 10, FontStyle.Italic, GraphicsUnit.Point); PdfFont embeddedSystemFontItalic = pdfDocument.AddFont(systemFontItalic); // Add a text element using a font with Italic style installed in system TextElement embeddedSystemFontItalicTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a font with Italic style installed in system", embeddedSystemFontItalic); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(embeddedSystemFontItalicTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Text Elements Using Fonts From Local Files // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Elements Using Fonts From Local Files", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Navy; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Embed a True Type font from a local file in PDF document PdfFont localTrueTypeFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(@"DemoAppFiles\Input\Fonts\TrueType.ttf"); // Add a text element using the local True Type font to PDF document TextElement localFontTtfTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a True Type Font loaded from a local file", localTrueTypeFont); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(localFontTtfTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Embed an OpenType font with TrueType Outlines in PDF document PdfFont localOpenTypeTrueTypeFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(@"DemoAppFiles\Input\Fonts\OpenTypeTrueType.otf"); // Add a text element using the local OpenType font with TrueType Outlines to PDF document TextElement localOpenTypeTrueTypeFontTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses an Open Type Font with TrueType Outlines loaded from a local file", localOpenTypeTrueTypeFont); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(localOpenTypeTrueTypeFontTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Embed an OpenType font with PostScript Outlines in PDF document PdfFont localOpenTypePostScriptFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(@"DemoAppFiles\Input\Fonts\OpenTypePostScript.otf"); // Add a text element using the local OpenType font with PostScript Outlines to PDF document TextElement localOpenTypePostScriptFontTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses an Open Type Font with PostScript Outlines loaded from a local file", localOpenTypePostScriptFont); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(localOpenTypePostScriptFontTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Text Elements Using Standard PDF Fonts // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Elements Using Standard PDF Fonts", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkGreen; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Create a standard PDF font with Normal style PdfFont standardPdfFontNormal = pdfDocument.AddFont(StdFontBaseFamily.Helvetica); standardPdfFontNormal.Size = 10; // Add a text element using the standard PDF font with Normal style TextElement standardPdfFontNormalTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a standard PDF font with Normal style", standardPdfFontNormal); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(standardPdfFontNormalTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Create a standard PDF font with Bold style PdfFont standardPdfFontBold = pdfDocument.AddFont(StdFontBaseFamily.HelveticaBold); standardPdfFontBold.Size = 10; // Add a text element using the standard PDF font with Bold style TextElement standardPdfFontBoldTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a standard PDF font with Bold style", standardPdfFontBold); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(standardPdfFontBoldTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Create a standard PDF font with Italic style PdfFont standardPdfFontItalic = pdfDocument.AddFont(StdFontBaseFamily.HelveticaOblique); standardPdfFontItalic.Size = 10; // Add a text element using the standard PDF font with Italic style TextElement standardPdfFontItalicTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "This text uses a standard PDF font with Italic style", standardPdfFontItalic); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(standardPdfFontItalicTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Text Elements with Vertical Text // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Vertical Text", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Navy; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add a top to bottom vertical text string topBottomText = "This is a Top to Bottom Vertical Text"; float topBottomTextWidth = embeddedSystemFontNormal.GetTextWidth(topBottomText); TextElement topBottomVerticalTextElement = new TextElement(0, 0, topBottomText, embeddedSystemFontNormal); topBottomVerticalTextElement.Translate(xLocation + 25, yLocation); topBottomVerticalTextElement.Rotate(90); pdfPage.AddElement(topBottomVerticalTextElement); // Add a bottom to top vertical text string bottomTopText = "This is a Bottom to Top Vertical Text"; float bottomTopTextWidth = embeddedSystemFontNormal.GetTextWidth(bottomTopText); TextElement bottomTopVerticalTextElement = new TextElement(0, 0, bottomTopText, embeddedSystemFontNormal); bottomTopVerticalTextElement.Translate(xLocation + 125, yLocation + bottomTopTextWidth); bottomTopVerticalTextElement.Rotate(-90); pdfPage.AddElement(bottomTopVerticalTextElement); yLocation += bottomTopTextWidth + 10; // Add a text element that flows freely in width and height string text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"DemoAppFiles\Input\Text_Files\Text_File.txt"); // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Element that flows freely in width and height", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkGreen; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add the text element TextElement freeWidthAndHeightTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, text, embeddedSystemFontNormal); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(freeWidthAndHeightTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add a text element with a given width that flows freely in height // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Element with a given width that flows freely in height", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Navy; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add the text element TextElement freeHeightTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, 400, text, embeddedSystemFontNormal); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(freeHeightTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add a bounding rectangle for text element RectangleElement border = new RectangleElement(addTextResult.EndPageBounds.X, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Y, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Width, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Height); pdfPage.AddElement(border); // Add a text element with a given width and height // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Element with a given width and height", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkGreen; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add the text element TextElement boundedTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, 400, 50, text, embeddedSystemFontNormal); addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(boundedTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add a bounding rectangle for text element border = new RectangleElement(addTextResult.EndPageBounds.X, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Y, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Width, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Height); pdfPage.AddElement(border); // Add a text element that flows freely on next PDF page // Add section title xLocation -= 5; yLocation += 10; titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Text Element that flows freely on multiple PDF pages", titleFont); titleTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Navy; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10; xLocation += 5; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add the text element string multiPageText = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"DemoAppFiles\Input\Text_Files\Large_Text_File.txt"); TextElement multiPageTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, 575, multiPageText, embeddedSystemFontNormal); multiPageTextElement.BackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke; addTextResult = pdfPage.AddElement(multiPageTextElement); yLocation = addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 3; pdfPage = addTextResult.EndPdfPage; // Add a line at the bottom of the multipage text element LineElement bottomLine = new LineElement(addTextResult.EndPageBounds.X, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 1, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.X + addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Width, addTextResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 1); pdfPage.AddElement(bottomLine); // Add a text stamp to a PDF document // Create a .NET font Font timesNewRomanFont = new Font("Times New Roman", 24, GraphicsUnit.Point); // Create a PDF font PdfFont stampPdfFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(timesNewRomanFont, true); // The stamp text string stampText = String.Format("Text Stamp {0}", DateTime.Now.ToString("d")); // Measure the text float textWidth = stampPdfFont.GetTextWidth(stampText); foreach (PdfPage page in pdfDocument.Pages) { // Get the PDF page drawable area width and height float pdfPageWidth = page.ClientRectangle.Width; float pdfPageHeight = page.ClientRectangle.Height; // Calculate the PDF page diagonal float pdfPageDiagonal = (float)Math.Sqrt(pdfPageWidth * pdfPageWidth + pdfPageHeight * pdfPageHeight); // The text location on PDF page diagonal float xStampLocation = (pdfPageDiagonal - textWidth) / 2; // Create the stamp as a rotated text element TextElement stampTextElement = new TextElement(xStampLocation, 0, stampText, stampPdfFont); stampTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Coral; stampTextElement.Rotate((float)(Math.Atan(pdfPageHeight / pdfPageWidth) * (180 / Math.PI))); stampTextElement.Opacity = 75; // Add the stamp to PDF page page.AddElement(stampTextElement); } // Save the PDF document in a memory buffer byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save(); // Write the memory buffer in a PDF file System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(outPdfFile, outPdfBuffer); } catch (Exception ex) { // The PDF creation failed MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Create PDF Document Error. {0}", ex.Message)); return; } finally { // Close the PDF document pdfDocument.Close(); Cursor = Cursors.Arrow; } // Open the created PDF document in default PDF viewer try { System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(outPdfFile); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Cannot open created PDF file '{0}'. {1}", outPdfFile, ex.Message)); } }