ByteScout Premium Suite – VBScript – Set inter-character spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to set inter character spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript with ByteScout Premium Suite

This code in VBScript shows how to set inter character spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk with this how to tutorial

These sample source codes on this page below are displaying how to set inter character spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript. ByteScout Premium Suite can set inter character spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk. It can be applied from VBScript. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

This prolific sample source code in VBScript for ByteScout Premium Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to set inter character spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk. 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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IntercharacterSpacing.vbs

      ' This example demonstrates how to change the intercharacter 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 spacing
stringFormat.CharacterSpacing = 0.0
canvas.DrawString_4 "Standard intercharacter spacing 0.0", (font), (brush), 20, 20, (stringFormat)

' Increased spacing 
stringFormat.CharacterSpacing = 1.0
canvas.DrawString_4 "Increased intercharacter spacing 1.0", (font), (brush), 20, 50, (stringFormat)

' Reduced spacing
stringFormat.CharacterSpacing = -0.75
canvas.DrawString_4 "Reduced intercharacter spacing -0.75", (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