ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – Set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to set word spacing for text in pdf 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. 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 set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for VB.NET plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Use of ByteScout PDF Suite in VB.NET is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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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