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How to create invoice spanning multiple page with pdf sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to create invoice spanning multiple page with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It is 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 help you to create invoice spanning multiple page with pdf sdk in your VB.NET application.

These VB.NET code samples for VB.NET guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. 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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Imports Bytescout.PDF ''' <summary> ''' This example demonstrates how to create invoice which can span multiple pages. ''' </summary> Class Program #Region "Global Declarations" Const HeightConsumedByTableRow As Int32 = 20 Shared ContentHeightStart As Int32 = 100 Shared ContentHeightEnd As Int32 = 700 Shared HeightUtilized As Int32 = 100 Shared _RowCounter As Int32 = 1 Shared pdfDocument As Document Shared page As Page #End Region Shared Sub Main() #Region "Declarations and Implementations" Dim SolidPen As New SolidPen() Dim blackBrush As New SolidBrush(New ColorRGB(0, 0, 0)) Dim headerFont As New Font(StandardFonts.TimesBold, 24) Dim headerFont2 As New Font(StandardFonts.TimesBold, 16) Dim contentFont_12 As New Font(StandardFonts.TimesBold, 12) Dim contentFont_10 As New Font(StandardFonts.Times, 10) ' Create New document pdfDocument = New Document() pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo" pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo" #End Region ' Add New page AddNewPage() ' 1. Add Content page.Canvas.DrawString("COMPANY NAME", contentFont_12, blackBrush, 50, HeightUtilized) HeightUtilized += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString("Address", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 50, HeightUtilized) page.Canvas.DrawString("DATE", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 400, HeightUtilized) HeightUtilized += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString("Phone, fax", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 50, HeightUtilized) page.Canvas.DrawString("INVOICE #", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 400, HeightUtilized) HeightUtilized += 20 page.Canvas.DrawString("E-mail", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 50, HeightUtilized) page.Canvas.DrawString("FOR", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 400, HeightUtilized) ' Add some vertical space HeightUtilized += 50 ' 2. Add Table which can span multipage Console.WriteLine("Enter the number of rows to add to the table:") Dim numberOfRows As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine()) DrawTable(NumberOfRows:=numberOfRows) ' 3. Add Signature ' Check New page needed for adding signature If (CheckNewPageNeeded(70)) Then AddNewPage() End If page.Canvas.DrawString("Signature", contentFont_12, blackBrush, 400, (HeightUtilized + 57)) page.Canvas.DrawLine(SolidPen, 450, (HeightUtilized + 70), 570, (HeightUtilized + 70)) '4. Add Header And Footer For pageIndex = 0 To pdfDocument.Pages.Count - 1 Dim curPage As Page = pdfDocument.Pages(pageIndex) ' Add Logo Dim imageLogo As Image = New Image("logo.png") curPage.Canvas.DrawImage(imageLogo, 20, 45, imageLogo.Width / 2, imageLogo.Height / 2) ' Add requisites curPage.Canvas.DrawString("INVOICE", headerFont, blackBrush, 450, 55) ' Add Page Number curPage.Canvas.DrawLine(SolidPen, 20, 750, 590, 750) curPage.Canvas.DrawString({code}quot;Page: {pageIndex + 1} of {pdfDocument.Pages.Count}", contentFont_10, blackBrush, 30, 760) Next ' Save document to file pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf") ' Cleanup pdfDocument.Dispose() ' Open document in default PDF viewer app Process.Start("result.pdf") End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Checks whether new page is needed ''' </summary> ''' <param name="expectedHeight"></param> ''' <returns></returns> Shared Function CheckNewPageNeeded(expectedHeight As Int32) As Boolean Return (HeightUtilized + expectedHeight) > ContentHeightEnd End Function ''' <summary> ''' Adds new page, and also set height utilized ''' </summary> Shared Sub AddNewPage() ' Add page page = New Page(PaperFormat.Letter, PaperOrientation.Portrait) pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page) ' Reset Height Utilized HeightUtilized = ContentHeightStart End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Draw table ''' </summary> ''' <param name="NumberOfRows"></param> Shared Sub DrawTable(NumberOfRows As Int32) While (NumberOfRows > 0) ' Get number of rows can be added in current page Dim NumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage As Int32 = GetNumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage() If (NumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage > 0) Then Dim Table = GetTable(Math.Min(NumberOfRows, NumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage)) page.Canvas.DrawTable(Table, 50, HeightUtilized) ' Update Height Utilized HeightUtilized += (Math.Min(NumberOfRows, NumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage) * HeightConsumedByTableRow) NumberOfRows -= Math.Min(NumberOfRows, NumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage) Else ' Add New page AddNewPage() End If End While End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Get Table Header with Content ''' </summary> ''' <param name="NumberOfRows"></param> ''' <returns></returns> Shared Function GetTable(NumberOfRows As Int32) As Table Dim fontTableHeader As Font = New Font(StandardFonts.TimesBold, 11) Dim fontTableRow As Font = New Font(StandardFonts.Times, 10) Dim Table As New Table() ' 1. Add Table Header Table.Columns.Add(New TableColumn("Description", "Description")) Table.Columns(0).Width = 220 Table.Columns(0).Font = fontTableHeader Table.Columns(0).TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left Table.Columns.Add(New TableColumn("Quantity", "Quantity")) Table.Columns(1).Width = 80 Table.Columns(1).Font = fontTableHeader Table.Columns(1).TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right Table.Columns.Add(New TableColumn("Price", "Price")) Table.Columns(2).Width = 100 Table.Columns(2).Font = fontTableHeader Table.Columns(2).TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right Table.Columns.Add(New TableColumn("Amount", "Amount")) Table.Columns(3).Width = 120 Table.Columns(3).Font = fontTableHeader Table.Columns(3).TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right ' 2. Add Table Content For index = 0 To NumberOfRows - 1 ' Create New row And set its background color Dim row As TableRow = Table.NewRow() ' Set row header text row("Description").Text = {code}quot;Description For item - {_RowCounter}" row("Description").Font = fontTableRow row("Description").TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left row("Quantity").Text = "###" row("Quantity").Font = fontTableRow row("Quantity").TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right row("Price").Text = "$.
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row("Price").Font = fontTableRow
row("Price").TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right

row("Amount").Text = "$.

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row("Amount").Font = fontTableRow
row("Amount").TextFormat.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right

' Add the row to the table
Table.Rows.Add(row)

' Increase _RowCounter
_RowCounter += 1
Next

Return Table

End Function

''' <summary>
''' Get number of rows can be added in current page
''' </summary>
''' <returns></returns>
Shared Function GetNumberOfRowsCanBeAddedInCurrentPage() As Integer
Return (ContentHeightEnd - HeightUtilized) / HeightConsumedByTableRow
End Function

End Class

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