ByteScout PDF Suite – VBScript – Set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk

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ByteScout PDF Suite – VBScript – 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 VBScript using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in VBScript to set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk is simple to apply in VBScript if you use these source codes below. ByteScout PDF Suite 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 be applied to set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk using VBScript.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do set word spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VBScript below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in VBScript.

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WordSpacing.vbs

      ' This example demonstrates how to change the word spacing.

' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object
Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.Document")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers

' Add page
Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)

Set canvas = page1.Canvas

Set font = comHelpers.CreateSystemFont("Arial", 16)
Set brush = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorGray(0))
Set stringFormat = comHelpers.CreateStringFormat()

' Standard word spacing
stringFormat.WordSpacing = 0.0
canvas.DrawString_4 "Standard word spacing 0.0", (font), (brush), 20, 20, (stringFormat)

' Increased word spacing
stringFormat.WordSpacing = 5.0
canvas.DrawString_4 "Increased word spacing 5.0", (font), (brush), 20, 50, (stringFormat)

' Reduced word spacing
stringFormat.WordSpacing = -2.5
canvas.DrawString_4 "Reduced word spacing -2.5", (font), (brush), 20, 80, (stringFormat)

' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false