Add Text or Formatted Text to PDF (.NET Core/Framework)

How to add TextArea to PDF in C#

Below are the steps and sample code to add a TextArea to PDF document using the Generator product.

Steps for Adding TextArea to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object and add it to the Document.
3. Create a TextArea object with all the necessay parameters (text, x1, y1, x2, y2, Font, Font size).
4. Add TextArea to the Page.
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(@"C:\Output.pdf");

How to add Formatted TextArea to PDF in C#

Below are the steps and sample code to add a Formatted TextArea to PDF document using the Generator product.

Steps for Adding Formatted TextArea to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Createa a Page object and add it to the Document.
3. Create a FormattedTextAreaStyle object with all the necessay parameters.
4. Create a FormattedTextArea and assign the text along with the style.
5. Add the FormattedTextArea to the Page.
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(@"C:\Output.pdf");

Over 75 Page Elements

DynamicPDF Generator contains over 75 page elements so you can add rich content to the PDFs you create:

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

Getting Started

NuGet Package

DynamicPDF Generator is available on NuGet and is part of the ceTe.DynamicPDF.CoreSuite.NET package. The Core Suite package includes Generator, Merger and ReportWriter.

DynamicPDF Generator Information

More information can be found here:

• DynamicPDF Generator for .NET

Available in other platforms

DynamicPDF Generator is available for the following platforms. Refer to the respective product pages for more details.

• Java - DynamicPDF Generator for Java
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