PdfGraphics.DrawString(String, Font, SolidBrush, Single, Single, PdfStringFormat) Method

Draws the specified text string at the specified location with the specified SolidBrush and Font objects using the formatting attributes of the specified PdfStringFormat.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v18.2.Drawing.dll

Declaration

C#

public void DrawString(
    string text,
    Font font,
    SolidBrush brush,
    float x,
    float y,
    PdfStringFormat format
)

VB.NET

Public Sub DrawString(
    text As String,
    font As Font,
    brush As SolidBrush,
    x As Single,
    y As Single,
    format As PdfStringFormat
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	A String object to draw.
font	Font	A Font object that defines the text format of the string.
brush	SolidBrush	A SolidBrush object that determines the color and texture of the drawn text.
x	Single	A Single object that represents the x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the drawn text.
y	Single	A Single object that represents the y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the drawn text.
format	PdfStringFormat	A PdfStringFormat that specifies formatting attributes, such as line spacing and alignment, that are applied to the drawn text.

Example

This example shows how to programmatically create a document with graphics using the PDF Document Creation API.

To generate a document using the Document Creation API:

• Create an empty document with no pages by calling one of the PdfDocumentProcessor.CreateEmptyDocument overload methods (e.g., using a file path).
• Create PDF graphics represented by an instance of the PdfGraphics class, calling the PdfDocumentProcessor.CreateGraphics method. To access PdfGraphics, you need to reference the DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing assembly.
• Draw the graphic content (e.g., an image, a string, lines, polygons) by calling the corresponding Draw method.
• Render a page with created graphics by calling the PdfDocumentProcessor.RenderNewPage method.

Note

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

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

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);
            }
        }
    }
}