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Draw with Graphics State in PDF | VB.NET
Program.vb:
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Imports Bytescout.PDF ''' <summary> ''' This example demonstrates how to save and restore the graphics state. ''' </summary> Class Program Shared Sub Main() ' Create new document Dim pdfDocument = New Document() pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo" pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below And comment the Add page section instead ' pdfDocument.Load(".\existing_document.pdf") ' Add page Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4) pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page) Dim canvas = page.Canvas ' Keep current graphics state canvas.SaveGraphicsState() ' Transform coordinates and draw rectangle canvas.TranslateTransform(200, 200) canvas.RotateTransform(45) canvas.DrawRectangle(New SolidBrush(New ColorRGB(0, 0, 255)), 0, 0, 100, 100) ' Restore the state and draw the same rectangle canvas.RestoreGraphicsState() canvas.DrawRectangle(New SolidBrush(New ColorRGB(255, 0, 0)), 200, 200, 100, 100) ' 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