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.

Source Code Listing

Imports PdfSharp

Imports PdfSharp.Drawing
Imports PdfSharp.Pdf
Imports PdfSharp.Pdf.IO

Module Program

  ' VB.NET version of 'Hello World'
  Sub Main()
    ' Create a new PDF document
    Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument

    ' Create an empty page
    Dim page As PdfPage = document.AddPage

    ' Get an XGraphics object for drawing
    Dim gfx As XGraphics = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(page)

    ' Draw crossing lines
    Dim pen As XPen = New XPen(XColor.FromArgb(255, 0, 0))
    gfx.DrawLine(pen, New XPoint(0, 0), New XPoint(page.Width.Point, page.Height.Point))
    gfx.DrawLine(pen, New XPoint(page.Width.Point, 0), New XPoint(0, page.Height.Point))

    ' Draw an ellipse
    gfx.DrawEllipse(pen, 3 * page.Width.Point / 10, 3 * page.Height.Point / 10, 2 * page.Width.Point / 5, 2 * page.Height.Point / 5)

    ' Create a font
    Dim font As XFont = New XFont("Verdana", 20, XFontStyle.Bold)

    ' Draw the text
    gfx.DrawString("Hello, World!", font, XBrushes.Black, _
    New XRect(0, 0, page.Width.Point, page.Height.Point), XStringFormat.Center)

    ' Save the document...
    Dim filename As String = "HelloWorld.pdf"
    document.Save(filename)

    ' ...and start a viewer.
    Process.Start(filename)

  End Sub

End Module