ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Set Word Spacing for Text in PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Set Word Spacing for Text in PDF

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How to set word spacing for text in PDF in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF SDK

How to set word spacing for text in PDF in VB.NET

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. ByteScout PDF SDK is the component to help programmers in generating new pdf files, modifying and updating existing pdf documents or pdf forms. Provides support for auto-filling pdf forms, adding text with adjustable font, style, size, font family, new form fields, vector and raster drawings. It can be used to set word spacing for text in PDF using VB.NET.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do set word spacing for text in PDF in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF SDK. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Test VB.NET sample code examples whether they respond your needs and requirements for the project.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to change the word spacing.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
        ' Add page
        Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)

        Dim canvas = page.Canvas

        Dim font = New Font("Arial", 16)
        Dim brush = New SolidBrush()
        Dim stringFormat = New StringFormat()

        ' Standard word spacing
        stringFormat.WordSpacing = 0.0F
        canvas.DrawString("Standard word spacing 0.0", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat)

        ' Increased word spacing
        stringFormat.WordSpacing = 5.0F
        canvas.DrawString("Increased word spacing 5.0", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat)

        ' Reduced word spacing
        stringFormat.WordSpacing = -2.5F
        canvas.DrawString("Reduced word spacing -2.5", font, brush, 20, 80, stringFormat)


        ' 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