ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Draw lines and curves in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to draw lines and curves in pdf with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to draw lines and curves in pdf with pdf sdk in C#

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to draw lines and curves in pdf with pdf sdk in C# ByteScout PDF Suite: the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript. It can draw lines and curves in pdf with pdf sdk in C#.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to draw lines and curves in pdf with pdf sdk. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace LinesAndCurves
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to draw lines and curves.
    /// </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);

            Canvas canvas = page.Canvas;

            SolidPen solidPen = new SolidPen();
            SolidPen dashedPen = new SolidPen();
            dashedPen.DashPattern = new DashPattern(new float[] { 2, 2 });

            // Draw dashed lines
            canvas.DrawLine(dashedPen, 100, 100, 200, 100);
            canvas.DrawLine(dashedPen, 200, 100, 200, 200);
            canvas.DrawLine(dashedPen, 200, 200, 100, 200);
            // Draw besier curve by the same points
            canvas.DrawCurve(solidPen, 100, 100, 200, 100, 200, 200, 100, 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);
        }
    }
}