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Use String Scaling in PDF | VB.NET
Program.vb:
VB
Imports Bytescout.PDF ''' <summary> ''' This example demonstrates how to use the font scaling to expand a string. ''' </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 font = New Font("Arial", 16) Dim brush = New SolidBrush() Dim stringFormat = New StringFormat() stringFormat.Scaling = 100.0F 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 document in default PDF viewer app Process.Start("result.pdf") End Sub End Class