Foxit PDF Generator for .NET SDK

How to convert a text file to PDF?

To make text to PDF files conversion, follow the steps outlined below:

  1. Extract the text from the text file.
  2. Add the extracted text to a PDF using the TextArea class.Here is an example that adds “Hello World!” to a PDF.
       // Create a PDF Document

        Document document = new Document();

        // Create a PDF Page

        Page page = new Page();

        // Create a Text Area

        TextArea textArea = new TextArea("Hello World!", 10, 10, 200, 100);

        // Add the text area to the page

        page.Elements.Add(textArea);

        // Add the page to the document

        document.Pages.Add(page);

        // Save the document

        document.Draw(@"C:\MyDocument.pdf");

Note: The class can be used to handle font size, color, alignment and other properties.

Updated on April 4, 2017

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