VB2005 PDF Document Creator Component

[Ken B]

Title: vbPDF
Description: PDF document creator, written in VB 2005
Author name: Ken Bradford
License info: Open Source, GNU General Public License

To use, just add the following three files to the your project: vbPdf.vb, vbPdfFonts.vb and vbPdfRoutines.vb.

    'This example will show you how to display text in a document.

    Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor

    'Creates a new instance of cPdf.
    Dim cPDF As New vbPDF

    With cPDF
      .ReportFileName = "c:\Text.pdf"
      .ScaleMode = pdf.ScaleMode.Inch
      .PaperSize = pdf.PaperSize._8_5x11
      .Author = "Ken Bradford"
      .Title = "Example 2a - Text"

      If Not .CreatePDFFile() Then
        Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
        Exit Sub
      End If

      'This example will be using the following fonts: Arial, ArialBold, ArialItalic, CourierNew and CourierNewBold.
      .LoadFont("Arial", pdf.FontName.Arial, pdf.FontStyle.Regular)
      .LoadFont("ArialItalic", pdf.FontName.Arial, pdf.FontStyle.Italic)
      .LoadFont("ArialBold", pdf.FontName.Arial, pdf.FontStyle.Bold)
      .LoadFont("CourierNew", pdf.FontName.CourierNew, pdf.FontStyle.Regular)
      .LoadFont("CourierNewBold", pdf.FontName.CourierNew, pdf.FontStyle.Bold)

      .StartPage()

      'PDF DRAWS A PAGE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP.

      'PageWidthInInch returns the width of the page. In this case it will return 11, since .PaperSize = pdf.PaperSize._8_5x11.
      'x will be set to 5.5 (11 / 2).
      Dim x As Single = .PageWidthInInch / 2

      'PageHeightInInch returns the height of the page. In this case it will return 8.5, since .PaperSize = pdf.PaperSize._8_5x11.
      'y will be set to 4.25 (8.5 / 2).
      Dim y As Single = .PageHeightInInch / 2

      'Text Alignment.
      .DrawText(x, 10.25, "This text is align left from the center of the page", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Red)
      .DrawText(x, 10, "This text is align center from the center of the page", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Center, Color.Green)
      .DrawText(x, 9.75, "This text is align right from the center of the page", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Right, Color.BlueViolet)

      'Different font styles on the same line.
      .DrawText(2.5, 8, "Name", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Right, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(2.6, 8, "Jack Benny", "ArialBold", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(5, 8, "Age", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Right, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(5.1, 8, "39", "ArialBold", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(2.5, 7.8, "Profession", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Right, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(2.6, 7.8, "Star of Stage, Screen, Radio and Television", "ArialBold", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(2.5, 7.6, "Place of Birth", "Arial", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Right, Color.Black)
      .DrawText(2.6, 7.6, "Waukegan, Illinois", "ArialBold", 12, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Black)


      'Underlining text.
      .DrawText(0.25, 6.2, "This is Arial text, underlined.", "Arial", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.SeaGreen, Color.SeaGreen, 0.001)
      .DrawText(0.25, 6.0, "This is Arial Italic text, underlined.", "ArialItalic", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.SeaGreen, Color.SeaGreen, 0.001)
      .DrawText(0.25, 5.8, "This is Arial Bold text, underlined.", "ArialBold", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.SeaGreen, Color.SeaGreen, 0.001)
      .DrawText(0.25, 5.6, "This is CourierNew text, underlined.", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.SeaGreen, Color.SeaGreen, 0.001)
      .DrawText(0.25, 5.4, "This is CourierNew Bold text, underlined.", "CourierNewBold", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.SeaGreen, Color.SeaGreen, 0.001)

      .DrawText(0.25, 4.5, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .01 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.01)
      .DrawText(0.25, 4.25, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .02 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.02)
      .DrawText(0.25, 4, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .03 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.03)
      .DrawText(0.25, 3.75, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .04 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.04)
      .DrawText(0.25, 3.5, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .05 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.05)
      .DrawText(0.25, 3.25, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .06 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.06)
      .DrawText(0.25, 3, "This text is underlined with a line thickness of .07 inch", "CourierNew", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Firebrick, Color.Firebrick, 0.07)

      .DrawText(3, 2.5, "Black text underlined in Blue.", "Arial", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Black, Color.Blue, 0.001)
      .DrawText(3, 2.25, "Yellow text underlined in Green.", "Arial", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Yellow, Color.Green, 0.001)
      .DrawText(3, 2, "Purple text underlined in Violet.", "Arial", 15, pdf.TextAlignment.Left, Color.Purple, Color.Violet, 0.001)

      .EndPage()

      .ClosePDFFile()

    End With

    Try
      System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("c:\Text.pdf")
    Catch ex As Exception
      Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
      MessageBox.Show("Unable to display PDF Document 'c:\Text.pdf" & "'.'" & Environment.NewLine & Environment.NewLine & ex.Message, Application.ProductName, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
    End Try

    Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default