HelloWorld

This sample is the obligatory Hello World program. It shows how to create a PDF document with one page and the text "Hello, World!" written in its center.

PDF Output File

See the PDF file created by this sample: HelloWorld.pdf (5 kB)

Source Code Listing

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using PdfSharp;
using PdfSharp.Drawing;
using PdfSharp.Pdf;
using PdfSharp.Pdf.IO;

namespace HelloWorld
{
  /// <summary>
  /// This sample is the obligatory Hello World program.
  /// </summary>
  class Program
  {
    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      // Create a new PDF document
      PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();

      // Create an empty page
      PdfPage page = document.AddPage();

      // Get an XGraphics object for drawing
      XGraphics gfx = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(page);

      // Create a font
      XFont font = new XFont("Verdana", 20, XFontStyle.Bold);

      // Draw the text
      gfx.DrawString("Hello, World!", font, XBrushes.Black,
        new XRect(0, 0, page.Width, page.Height),
        XStringFormat.Center);

      // Save the document...
      string filename = "HelloWorld.pdf";
      document.Save(filename);
      // ...and start a viewer.
      Process.Start(filename);
    }
  }
}