How to create a PDF file in C#, VB.NET?
PDF (Portable Document Format) is file format used to display the document with same formatting, independent of application software, hardware, and operating system. Syncfusion Essential PDF is a .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit PDF documents. Using this library, you can start creating a PDF document in C# and VB.
Steps to create PDF programmatically:
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms NuGet package as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.Pdf; using Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics; using System.Drawing;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics Imports System.Drawing
- Use the following code snippet to create PDF with “Hello World” text.
C#
//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add(); //Create PDF graphics for the page PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics; //Set the standard font PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20); //Draw the text graphics.DrawString("Hello World!!!", font, PdfBrushes.Black, new PointF(0, 0)); //Save the document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the document document.Close(true); Process.Start("Output.pdf");
VB.NET
'Create a new PDF document Dim document As New PdfDocument() 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add() 'Create PDF graphics for the page Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics 'Set the standard font Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20) 'Draw the text graphics.DrawString("Hello World!!!", font, PdfBrushes.Black, New PointF(0, 0)) 'Save the document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the document document.Close(True) Process.Start("Output.pdf")
You can download the working sample from CreatePDF.Zip.
By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find other options like drawing right-to-left text and multi-column text, consuming TrueType fonts, Standards fonts, CJK fonts, etc., and features like PDF form filling, extract text or images from PDF, protect PDF documents etc., with code examples.
Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential PDF features.
An online sample link to generate Hello world PDF document
See Also:
Create a PDF file in ASP.NET Core
Create a PDF file in ASP.NET MVC
Create a PDF file in Windows Forms
Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer to link to learn about generating and registering Syncfusion license key in your application to use the components without trail message.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to generate PDF in the C# and VB.NET.
You can refer to our .NET PDF library’s feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also refer to our .NET PDF documentation that shows how to configure the PDF Library in .NET.
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