How to paginate an image in PDF using C# and VB.NET
Syncfusion Essential PDF is a .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit PDF documents. Using this library, you can allow a large image to paginate across multiple pages in the PDF document using C# and VB.NET.
Steps to draw paginated image on PDF programmatically:
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms NuGet packages as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespaces in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.Pdf; using Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics
- Use the following code snippet to create PDF and draw image on it.
C#
//Create a document PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument(); //Add new page PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add(); //Load a bitmap PdfBitmap image = new PdfBitmap( "Autumn Leaves.jpg"); //Set layout property to break the element across the pages PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat(); format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate; //Draw image image.Draw(page, 20, 400, format); //Save the PDF doc.Save("ImagePagination.pdf"); doc.Close(true); //This will open the PDF file so, the result will be seen in default PDF viewer Process.Start("ImagePagination.pdf");
VB.NET
'Create a document Dim doc As New PdfDocument() 'Add new page Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add() 'Load a bitmap Dim image As New PdfBitmap("Autumn Leaves.jpg") 'Set layout property to break the element across the pages. Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat() format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate 'Draw image image.Draw(page, 20, 400, format) 'Save the PDF doc.Save("ImagePagination.pdf") doc.Close(True) 'This will open the PDF file so, the result will be seen in default PDF viewer Process.Start("ImagePagination.pdf")
A complete working sample can be downloaded from ImagePaginationSample.zip
By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation for working with images, where you will find other options like inserting, replacing image in PDF document, and image masking.
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