ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Clipping for Drawing in PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Clipping for Drawing in PDF

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How to set clipping for drawing in PDF in C# and ByteScout PDF SDK

The tutorial below will demonstrate how to set clipping for drawing in PDF in C#

The documentation is designed to help you to implement the features on your side. 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. It can set clipping for drawing in PDF in C#.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF SDK for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to set clipping for drawing in PDF. In your C# project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample C# codes.

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Program.cs

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

namespace Clipping
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to use the graphics clipping.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);

            PointF center = new PointF(200, 200);

            // Create clipping path from circle
            Path path = new Path();
            path.AddCircle(center, 100);
            page.Canvas.SetClip(path);

            // Paint rectangle over the clipping circle.
            // Only part of the rectangle intersecting the clipping circle will be drawn.
            SolidBrush brush = new SolidBrush(new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0));
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(brush, center.X - 50, center.Y - 50, 200, 200);

            // 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);
        }
    }
}