Hi!
The MigraDoc samples only need one line of code to create a PDF file for a MigraDoc document:
Code:
// Classical rendering without progress indicator.
// Layout and render document to PDF
pdfRenderer.RenderDocument();
If you want to have a progress indicator while creating the PDF, you will need a few lines more:
Code:
// Alternative rendering with progress indicator.
// Set a callback for phase 1.
pdfRenderer.DocumentRenderer.PrepareDocumentProgress += PrepareDocumentProgress;
// Now start phase 1: Preparing pages (i.e. calculate the layout).
pdfRenderer.PrepareRenderPages();
// Now phase 2: create the PDF pages.
Console.WriteLine("\r\nRendering document ...");
int pages = pdfRenderer.DocumentRenderer.FormattedDocument.PageCount;
for (int i = 1; i <= pages; ++i)
{
var page = pdfRenderer.PdfDocument.AddPage();
Console.Write("\rRendering page " + i + "/" + pages);
PageInfo pageInfo = pdfRenderer.DocumentRenderer.FormattedDocument.GetPageInfo(i);
page.Width = pageInfo.Width;
page.Height = pageInfo.Height;
page.Orientation = pageInfo.Orientation;
using (XGraphics gfx = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(page))
{
gfx.MUH = pdfRenderer.Unicode ? PdfFontEncoding.Unicode : PdfFontEncoding.WinAnsi;
gfx.MFEH = pdfRenderer.FontEmbedding;
pdfRenderer.DocumentRenderer.RenderPage(gfx, i);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("\r\nSaving document ...");
The callback routine used for phase 1:
Code:
// Sample progress callback, called while preparing a document (while MigraDoc measures items, creates line breaks, page breaks etc.).
private static void PrepareDocumentProgress(object sender, DocumentRenderer.PrepareDocumentProgressEventArgs e)
{
int percent = e.Value * 100 / e.Maximum;
if (percent != lastPercentHack)
{
Console.Write("\rPreparing " + percent + "%");
}
}
private static int lastPercentHack = -1;
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