ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Set PDF Document Information

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How to set PDF document information in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF SDK

This tutorial will show how to set PDF document information in VB.NET

The code below will help you to implement an VB.NET app to set PDF document information. What is ByteScout PDF SDK? It is the pdf library that can create, update and modify PDF files. Supports text with fonts and style selections, layers, form fields, drawing lines and objects, automatic tables, images. Can be used to create and fill pdf forms. It can help you to set PDF document information in your VB.NET application.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do set PDF document information in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF SDK. In your VB.NET project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Use of ByteScout PDF SDK in VB.NET is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

You can download free trial version of ByteScout PDF SDK from our website to see and try many others source code samples for VB.NET.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to set various document properties.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
		pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
		' Add page
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(New Page(PaperFormat.A4))
		
        ' Change document information.
        ' Open Document Properties in PDF viewer to see the changes.
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.Author = "John Doe"
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.Creator = "My Application"
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.Keywords = "accounting,invoice"
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.Title = "Invoice #12345"
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.Subject = "Invoice"
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.CreationDate = New DateTime(2015, 12, 21)
        pdfDocument.DocumentInfo.ModificationDate = DateTime.Now
        
        ' Save document to file
        pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

        ' Cleanup 
		pdfDocument.Dispose()

        ' Open document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class