Add Text or Formatted Text to PDF

How to Add TextArea to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a TextArea to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding TextArea to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object and add it to the Document instance.
3. Create a TextArea object with its required parameters (text, x1, y1, x2, y2, Font, Font size).
4. Add the TextArea instance to the Page instance.
5. Save the PDF Document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
            
Page page = new Page();
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
TextArea textArea = new TextArea("This is the underlined " + "text of a TextArea", 100, 100, 400, 30, 
	ceTe.DynamicPDF.Font.HelveticaBoldOblique, 18);
textArea.Underline = true;

page.Elements.Add(textArea);     
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");

How to Add FormattedTextArea to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a FormattedTextArea to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding a FormattedTextArea to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object and add it to the Document instance.
3. Create a FormattedTextAreaStyle object and add the formatting parameters to the constructor.
4. Create a FormattedTextArea and assign the text along with the style.
5. Add the FormattedTextArea to the Page instance.
6. Save the PDF Document.

Sample Code - C#

// Create a PDF Document
Document document = new Document();
            
// Create a Page and add it to the document
Page page = new Page();
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
// Create an formatted style
FormattedTextAreaStyle style = new FormattedTextAreaStyle(FontFamily.Helvetica, 12, false);
            
// Create the text and the formatted text area
string formattedText = "<p>Formatted text area provide rich formatting support for text that " +
           "appears in the document. You have complete control over 8 paragraph properties: " +
           "spacing before, spacing after, first line indentation, left indentation, right " +
           "indentation, alignment, allowing orphan lines, and white space preservation; 6 " +
           "font properties: <font face='Times'>font face, </font><font " +
           "pointSize='6'>font size, </font><font color='FF0000'>color, " +
           "</font><b>bold, </b><i>italic and </i><u>" +
           "underline</u>; and 2 line properties: leading, and leading type. Text can " +
           "also be rotated.</p>";
            
FormattedTextArea formattedTextArea = new FormattedTextArea(formattedText, 0, 0, 256, 400, style);
            
// Add the formatted text area to the page
page.Elements.Add(formattedTextArea);
            
// Save the PDF
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");

GitHub Project

Clone or view the example project at GitHub. This example code is contained in the Examples/TextFormattingExample.cs file.

Getting Started

NuGet Package

DynamicPDF Core Suite is available on NuGet and is part of the ceTe.DynamicPDF.CoreSuite.NET package. The easiest way to install is by using the Visual Studio Package Manager. You can also download the package directly from NuGet.

DynamicPDF Core Suite Information

A FormattedTextArea is just one of DynamicPDF Core Suite's over 75 page elements you can use to add rich content to the PDFs you create. DynamicPDF Core Suite provides elements for adding:

• Images,
• Text Objects (TextArea and Label),
• HTML,
• Barcodes (47 types),
• Form Fields,
• and Charts.

Refer to the DynamicPDF Core Suite webpage for more information.

• DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET

Available on Other Platforms

DynamicPDF Core Suite is also available for the Java and COM/ActiveX platforms. Refer to the respective product pages for more details.

• Java - DynamicPDF Generator for Java
• COM/ActiveX - DynamicPDF Generator for COM/ActiveX