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How to convert digital photos to pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to convert digital photos to pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

We made thousands of pre-made source code pieces for easy implementation in your own programming projects. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It is the set that includes 6 SDK products 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 help you to convert digital photos to pdf with pdf sdk in your VB.NET application.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to add images in their proper orientation and size
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument As Document = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
        pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Input image array
        Dim arrImages = New String() {"Image1.jpg", "Image2.jpg"}

        ' Process each image
        For Each itmImage In arrImages

            Dim sysImage = FixImageOrientation(itmImage)

            Using sysImage

                Dim image = New Image(sysImage, ImageCompression.DCT, 75)
                Dim w As Single = sysImage.Width / sysImage.HorizontalResolution * 72.0F
                Dim h As Single = sysImage.Height / sysImage.VerticalResolution * 72.0F

                ' Create PDF page
                Dim page = New Page(w, h)

                Dim canvas = page.Canvas
                canvas.DrawImage(image, 0, 0, w, h)

                ' Add PDF document
                pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)

            End Using
        Next

        ' Save PDF document
        pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

        ' Cleanup 
        pdfDocument.Dispose()

        ' Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
        Dim processStartInfo As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf")
        processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = True
        Process.Start(processStartInfo)

    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Fix image orientation
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Function FixImageOrientation(ByVal fileName As String) As System.Drawing.Image

        Dim sysImage As System.Drawing.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(fileName, False)

        ' fix orientation by EXIF rotation tag
        Const exifRotationTag As Integer = &H112
        Dim propertyItemIDs As Integer() = sysImage.PropertyIdList

        Dim found As Integer = Array.BinarySearch(propertyItemIDs, 0, propertyItemIDs.Length, exifRotationTag)

        If found > -1 Then
            Dim pi As System.Drawing.Imaging.PropertyItem = sysImage.GetPropertyItem(exifRotationTag)
            Dim orientation As Integer = pi.Value(0)

            Select Case orientation
                Case 2
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipX)
                Case 3
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone)
                Case 4
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipY)
                Case 5
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipX)
                Case 6
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipNone)
                Case 7
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipX)
                Case 8
                    sysImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipNone)
                Case Else
            End Select

            sysImage.RemovePropertyItem(&H112)
        End If

        Return sysImage
    End Function

End Class