ByteScout Premium Suite – C# – Set string scaling in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to set string scaling in pdf with pdf sdk in C# and ByteScout Premium Suite

Learn to code in C# to set string scaling in pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand guide on how to set string scaling in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with this source code sample. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording and you can use it to set string scaling in pdf with pdf sdk with C#.

This prolific sample source code in C# for ByteScout Premium Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to set string scaling in pdf with pdf sdk. Just copy and paste the code into your C# 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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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace StringScaling
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to use the font scaling to expand a string.
    /// </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);

            Font font = new Font("Arial", 16);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
            StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();

            stringFormat.Scaling = 100f;
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Normal string 100.0%", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat);

            stringFormat.Scaling = 50.0f;
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Squeezed string 50.0%", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat);

            stringFormat.Scaling = 150.0f;
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Expanded string 150.0%", font, brush, 20, 80, stringFormat);

            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}