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How to draw rectangles in pdf with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to draw rectangles in pdf with pdf sdk in C#

An easy to understand guide on how to draw rectangles in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with this source code sample. 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 rectangles in pdf with pdf sdk in C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do draw rectangles in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Use of ByteScout PDF Suite in C# is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.cs

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

namespace Rectangles
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to draw rectangles.
    /// </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;

            // Prepare pens and brushes
            Pen borderPen = new SolidPen(new ColorGray(128), 2f);
            Brush brush1 = new SolidBrush(new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0));
            Brush brush2 = new SolidBrush(new ColorRGB(0, 255, 255));

            // Draw transparent rectangle with border only
            canvas.DrawRectangle(borderPen, 100, 100, 100, 50);
            
            // Draw rounded rectangle with broder and filling
            canvas.DrawRoundedRectangle(borderPen, brush1, 250, 100, 100, 50, 10);

            // Draw rectangle as polygon
            canvas.DrawPolygon(borderPen, brush2, new PointF[] { new PointF(400, 100), new PointF(500, 100), new PointF(500, 150), new PointF(400, 150) });
            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}