ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Color Profiles for Drawing in PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Color Profiles for Drawing in PDF

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How to set color profiles for drawing in PDF in C# with ByteScout PDF SDK

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

ByteScout tutorials are designed to explain the code for both C# beginners and advanced programmers. ByteScout PDF SDK: 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 color profiles for drawing in PDF in C#.

C# code samples for C# developers help to speed up coding of your application when using ByteScout PDF SDK. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. Use of ByteScout PDF SDK in C# is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace ColorProfiles
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to use color profiles.
    /// </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);

            // Load ICC color profile
            ICCBasedColorspace iccProfile = new ICCBasedColorspace("USWebCoatedSWOP.icc");
            // Create profiled color brush
            ColorICC iccColor = new ColorICC(iccProfile, new ColorCMYK(0, 100, 0, 0));
            SolidBrush iccBrush = new SolidBrush(iccColor);
            // Draw a circle using the brush
            page.Canvas.DrawCircle(iccBrush, 200, 200, 100);
            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}