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Syncfusion Essential PDF is a .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit PDF documents. Using this library, you can set the page margin in PDF using C# and VB.NET. Steps to set the page margin in PDF programmatically:
C# using Syncfusion.Pdf; using Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics; using System.Drawing;
VB.NET Imports Syncfusion.Pdf Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics Imports System.Drawing
C# //Create a PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Set margin to all the pages document.PageSettings.Margins.All = 50; //Add a page PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add(); //Create PDF graphics for the page PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics; //Creates a solid brush PdfBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black); //Set the font PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14); //Draw the text graphics.DrawString("Hello world!", font, brush, new PointF(20, 20)); //Draw Rectangle graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfPens.Red, new RectangleF(0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height)); //Save the document document.Save("Margin.pdf"); //Close the docuemnt document.Close(true); //This will open the PDF file so, the result will be seen in default PDF viewer Process.Start("Margin.pdf");
VB.NET 'Create a PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument() 'Set margin to all the pages document.PageSettings.Margins.All = 50 'Add a page Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add() 'Create PDF graphics for the page Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics 'Creates a solid brush Dim brush As PdfBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black) 'Set the font Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14) 'Draw the text graphics.DrawString("Hello world!", font, brush, New PointF(20, 20)) 'Draw Rectangle graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfPens.Red, New RectangleF(0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height)) 'Save the document document.Save("Margin.pdf") 'Close the document document.Close(True) 'This will open the PDF file so, the result will be seen in default PDF viewer Process.Start("Margin.pdf")
A complete working sample can be downloaded from PageMarginSample.zip. By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows. Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find the options like inserting, rotating, importing, and rearranging the pages from an existing document, removing the pages and splitting a PDF file to individual pages. Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential PDF features. Note: Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer to link to learn about generating and registering Syncfusion license key in your application to use the components without trail message.
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In the example the margin is set at 50. 50 what? pixels? cm? I am trying to convert a document from outlook which uses IE and the margin settings are in centimetres. I need to know what units Synfusion uses before I can convert.
The default unit used in Essential PDF is 'Points'.