PdfDocumentProcessor.RenderNewPage(PdfRectangle, PdfGraphics) Method

Adds a new page with specified page size and created graphics to a document.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public int RenderNewPage(
    PdfRectangle mediaBox,
    PdfGraphics graphics
)

VB.NET

Public Function RenderNewPage(
    mediaBox As PdfRectangle,
    graphics As PdfGraphics
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
mediaBox	PdfRectangle	A PdfRectangle object that is the page size, in points (1/72 of an inch).
graphics	PdfGraphics	A PdfGraphics object that contains all graphics content that allows an application to draw on the page.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	An integer value, specifying the page number. The page number is started from 1.

Remarks

The overloaded RenderNewPage method automatically converts world coordinates to page coordinates. See Coordinate Systems to learn more.

Use this method to add a new page with graphics content represented by the PdfGraphics object to a PDF document.

Example

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-generate-a-document-layout-from-scratch-t244516

Program.cs

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System;
using System.Drawing;

namespace DocumentCreationAPI
{
    class Program {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
            {

                // Create an empty document.
                processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");

                // Create and draw PDF graphics.
                using (PdfGraphics graph = processor.CreateGraphics())
                {
                    DrawGraphics(graph);

                    // Render a page with graphics.
                    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graph);
                }
            }
        }

        static void DrawGraphics(PdfGraphics graph)
        {

            // Draw text lines on the page. 
            SolidBrush black = (SolidBrush)Brushes.Black;
            using (Font font1 = new Font("Times New Roman", 32, FontStyle.Bold))
            {
                graph.DrawString("PDF Document Processor", font1, black, 180, 150);
            }
            using (Font font2 = new Font("Arial", 20)) {
                graph.DrawString("Display, Print and Export PDF Documents", font2, black, 168, 230);
            }
            using (Font font3 = new Font("Arial", 10)) {
                graph.DrawString("The PDF Document Processor is a non-visual component " +
                                  "that provides the application programming interface of the PDF Viewer.", font3, black, 16, 300);
            }
        }
    }
}

Program.vb

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing

Namespace DocumentCreationAPI
    Friend Class Program

        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

            Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()

                ' Create an empty document.
                processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")

                ' Create and draw PDF graphics.
                Using graph As PdfGraphics = processor.CreateGraphics()
                    DrawGraphics(graph)

                    ' Render a page with graphics.
                    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graph)
                End Using
            End Using
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub DrawGraphics(ByVal graph As PdfGraphics)

            ' Draw text lines on the page. 
            Dim black As SolidBrush = CType(Brushes.Black, SolidBrush)
            Using font1 As New Font("Times New Roman", 32, FontStyle.Bold)
                graph.DrawString("PDF Document Processor", font1, black, 180, 150)
            End Using
            Using font2 As New Font("Arial", 20)
                graph.DrawString("Display, Print and Export PDF Documents", font2, black, 168, 230)
            End Using
            Using font3 As New Font("Arial", 10)
                graph.DrawString("The PDF Document Processor is a non-visual component " & "that provides the application programming interface of the PDF Viewer.", font3, black, 16, 300)
            End Using
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the RenderNewPage(PdfRectangle, PdfGraphics) method.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#

pdf-document-api-create-check-box-field/CS/AddCheckBoxField/Program.cs#L17

    // Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
}

pdf-document-api-create-combo-box-field/CS/AddComboBoxField/Program.cs#L18

    // Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
}

pdf-document-api-add-link-to-page/CS/AddLinkToPage/Program.cs#L21

    // Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
}

pdf-document-api-create-radio-button-group-field/CS/AddRadioButtonField/Program.cs#L17

    // Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
}

pdf-document-api-create-list-box-field/CS/AddListBoxField/Program.cs#L17

    // Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
}

VB.NET

pdf-document-api-create-check-box-field/VB/AddCheckBoxField/Program.vb#L16

    ' Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
End Using

pdf-document-api-create-combo-box-field/VB/AddComboBoxField/Program.vb#L16

    ' Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
End Using

pdf-document-api-add-link-to-page/VB/AddLinkToPage/Program.vb#L18

    ' Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
End Using

pdf-document-api-create-radio-button-group-field/VB/AddRadioButtonField/Program.vb#L16

    ' Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
End Using

pdf-document-api-create-list-box-field/VB/AddListBoxField/Program.vb#L16

    ' Render a page with graphics.
    processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
End Using