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How to Create and Use Template in PDF in C# using ByteScout PDF SDK

Tutorial on How to Create and Use a Template in PDF in C#

The coding tutorials are designed to help you test the features without the need to write your own code. Want to create and use the template in PDF in your C# app? ByteScout PDF SDK is designed for it. ByteScout PDF SDK is the SDK for PDF documents generation, modification, and updates. Can also generate and fill PDF forms. Provides support for text (fonts, style, size, font family), layers, pdf form fields, vector, and raster drawings.

You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the C# code from ByteScout PDF SDK for creating and using a template in the PDF below and use it in your application. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using Bytescout.PDF;
using Font = Bytescout.PDF.Font;
using SolidBrush = Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush;

namespace Templates
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to use templates.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            
            // Prepare simple template (for example, a logo) and draw it on every page

            // Create template of specified size
            GraphicsTemplate template = new GraphicsTemplate(250, 50);
            // Draw the logo
            template.DrawRectangle(new SolidBrush(new ColorRGB(192, 192, 255)), 0, 0, 250, 50);
            template.DrawString("My Company Logo", new Font(StandardFonts.TimesBoldItalic, 24), new SolidBrush(), 30, 10);

            // Add few pages and draw the prepared template on each one
            for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
            {
                Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
                page.Canvas.DrawTemplate(template, 10, 10);
                pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);
            }
            
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}