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How to draw right-to-left text using ByteScout PDF SDK

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The example demonstrates how to draw right-to-left text using ByteScout PDF SDK.

Program.vb:
VB

'*******************************************************************
'       ByteScout PDF SDK
'                                                                   
'       Copyright © 2016 Bytescout, https://bytescout.com        
'       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                                         
'                                                                   
'*******************************************************************

Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to draw right-to-left text.
''' </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 font = New Font("Arial", 16)
        Dim brush = New SolidBrush()

        ' Set right to left text direction
        Dim stringFormat = New StringFormat()
        stringFormat.DirectionRightToLeft = True

        page.Canvas.DrawString("واحد اثنين ثلاثة", font, brush, page.Width - 20, 30, stringFormat)
        page.Canvas.DrawString("אחת, שתיים, שלוש", font, brush, page.Width - 20, 50, stringFormat)
        page.Canvas.DrawString("یک دو سه", font, brush, page.Width - 20, 70, 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 

Program.cs:
C#

//*******************************************************************
//       ByteScout PDF SDK		                                     
//                                                                   
//       Copyright © 2016 ByteScout - https://bytescout.com       
//       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                                         
//                                                                   
//*******************************************************************

using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace RightToLeftText
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This example demonstrates how to draw right-to-left text.
	/// </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();
			
			// Set right to left text direction
			StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();
			stringFormat.DirectionRightToLeft = true;

			page.Canvas.DrawString("واحد اثنين ثلاثة", font, brush, page.Width - 20, 30, stringFormat);
			page.Canvas.DrawString("אחת, שתיים, שלוש", font, brush, page.Width - 20, 50, stringFormat);
			page.Canvas.DrawString("یک دو سه", font, brush, page.Width - 20, 70, stringFormat);

			
			// Save document to file
			pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

			// Cleanup 
			pdfDocument.Dispose();

			// Open document in default PDF viewer app
			Process.Start("result.pdf");
		}
	}
} 

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