Aligning Text in a Generated Resume

[worbplex]

I'm pulling data from an SQL database with my C# code into variables and formatting the data into a resume that is generated as a PDF once the user clicks a button at the bottom of the webpage. Is it possible to align text to the left and right of the page as necessary without having to specify coordinates? This would make the design process exponentially easier, as the data users input will be of varying lengths and sizes.

Thank you in advance!

[Irfana Jaffer Sadhik]

The Essential PDF allows you to draw the right-to-left language text in a PDF document. To draw RTL scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu, set the value of the TextDirection property in the PdfStringFormat class to RightToLeft using PdfTextDirection Enum. The languages (e.g., Sindhi and Kurdish) have more than one script and can be written in either right-to-left or left-to-right format. The LeftToRight value of the TextDirection property is used to draw RTL text in the left-to-right format. Refer to the following code sample:

//Create a new PDF document

PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

//Add a page to the document

PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();

//Create PDF graphics for the page

PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;

//Create a new PDF font instance

PdfFont font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 14), true);

//Set the format for string

PdfStringFormat format = new PdfStringFormat();

//Set right-to-left text direction for RTL text

format.TextDirection = PdfTextDirection.RightToLeft;

//Set the text alignment

format.Alignment = PdfTextAlignment.Right;

format.ParagraphIndent = 35f;

//Read the text from file

StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("Arabic.txt", Encoding.Unicode);

string text = reader.ReadToEnd();

reader.Close();

//Draw string with right-to-left format

graphics.DrawString(text, font, PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height), format);

//Set left-to-right text direction for RTL text

format.TextDirection = PdfTextDirection.LeftToRight;

//Set the text alignment

format.Alignment = PdfTextAlignment.Left;

//Draw string with left-to-right format

graphics.DrawString(text, font, PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(0, 100, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height), format);

//Save the document

doc.Save("Output.pdf");

//Close the document

doc.Close(true);

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