/**
* <summary>Populates a PDF file with contents.</summary>
*/
private void Populate(
Document document
)
{
// 1. Add the page to the document!
Page page = new Page(document); // Instantiates the page inside the document context.
document.Pages.Add(page); // Puts the page in the pages collection.
SizeF pageSize = page.Size;
// 2. Create a content composer for the page!
PrimitiveComposer composer = new PrimitiveComposer(page);
// 3. Inserting contents...
// Set the font to use!
composer.SetFont(new StandardType1Font(document, StandardType1Font.FamilyEnum.Courier, true, false), 30);
// Show the text onto the page (along with its box)!
/*
* NOTE: PrimitiveComposer's ShowText() method is the most basic way to add text to a page
* -- see BlockComposer for more advanced uses (horizontal and vertical alignment, hyphenation,
* etc.).
*/
composer.ShowText(
"Hello World!",
new PointF(32, 48)
);
composer.SetLineWidth(.25);
composer.SetLineCap(LineCapEnum.Round);
composer.SetLineDash(new LineDash(new double[] { 5, 10 }));
composer.SetTextLead(1.2);
composer.DrawPolygon(
composer.ShowText(
"This is a primitive example"
+ "\nof centered, rotated multi-"
+ "\nline text."
+ "\n\nWe recommend you to use"
+ "\nBlockComposer instead, as it"
+ "\nautomatically manages text"
+ "\nwrapping and alignment with-"
+ "\nin a specified area!",
new PointF(pageSize.Width / 2, pageSize.Height / 2),
XAlignmentEnum.Center,
YAlignmentEnum.Middle,
15
).Points
);
composer.Stroke();
// 4. Flush the contents into the page!
composer.Flush();
}