PdfMetafile Class

Class representing metafile image

Inheritance

System.Object

PdfGraphicsElement

PdfLayoutElement

PdfShapeElement

PdfImage

PdfMetafile

Implements

System.IDisposable

Inherited Members

PdfGraphicsElement.Draw(PdfGraphics)

PdfGraphicsElement.Draw(PdfGraphics, PointF)

PdfGraphicsElement.Draw(PdfGraphics, Single, Single)

PdfImage.FromFile(String)

PdfImage.FromImage(Image)

PdfImage.FromRtf(String, Single, PdfImageType)

PdfImage.FromRtf(String, Single, Single, PdfImageType)

PdfImage.FromStream(Stream)

PdfImage.GetPixelSize(Single, Single)

PdfImage.GetPointSize(Single, Single)

PdfImage.GetPointSize(Single, Single, Single, Single)

PdfImage.Height

PdfImage.HorizontalResolution

PdfImage.m_softmask

PdfImage.Metadata

PdfImage.PhysicalDimension

PdfImage.SetResolution(Single, Single)

PdfImage.VerticalResolution

PdfImage.Width

PdfLayoutElement.BeginPageLayout

PdfLayoutElement.Draw(PdfPage, PointF)

PdfLayoutElement.Draw(PdfPage, PointF, PdfLayoutFormat)

PdfLayoutElement.Draw(PdfPage, RectangleF)

PdfLayoutElement.Draw(PdfPage, RectangleF, PdfLayoutFormat)

PdfLayoutElement.Draw(PdfPage, Single, Single)

PdfLayoutElement.Draw(PdfPage, Single, Single, PdfLayoutFormat)

PdfLayoutElement.EndPageLayout

PdfLayoutElement.PdfTag

PdfShapeElement.GetBounds()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics

Assembly: Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll

Syntax

public class PdfMetafile : PdfImage, IPdfWrapper, IDisposable

Remarks

This API is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, ASP.NET Core, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Constructors

PdfMetafile(Metafile)

Initializes a new instance of the PdfMetafile class with System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile

Declaration

public PdfMetafile(Metafile metafile)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile	metafile	The metafile.

Remarks

This constructor is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
Metafile metaFile = new Metafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile(metaFile);
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
Dim metaFile As New Metafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile(metaFile)
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

PdfMetafile(Stream)

Initializes a new instance of the PdfMetafile class from stream of the metafile

Declaration

public PdfMetafile(Stream stream)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.IO.Stream	stream	The stream.

Remarks

This API is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes("MetaChart.emf");
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile(new MemoryStream(data));
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
Dim data As Byte() = File.ReadAllBytes("MetaChart.emf")
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile(New MemoryStream(data))
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

PdfMetafile(String)

Initializes a new instance of the PdfMetafile class with metafile path

Declaration

public PdfMetafile(string path)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	path	The metafile path.

Remarks

This constructor is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Properties

ImageResolution

Gets or sets the resolution of the image

Declaration

public int ImageResolution { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

Remarks

This property is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Set image resolution.
metaChart.ImageResolution = 72;
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Set image resolution.
metaChart.ImageResolution = 72
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

PageScale

Gets or sets the page scale.

Declaration

public float PageScale { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Single	The page scale.

Remarks

This property is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Set page scale.
metaChart.PageScale = 1.2f;
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Set page scale.
metaChart.PageScale = 1.2F
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

PageUnit

Gets or sets the page graphics unit.

Declaration

public GraphicsUnit PageUnit { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit	The page unit.

Remarks

This property is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Set the page unit.
metaChart.PageUnit = GraphicsUnit.Point;
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Set the page unit.
metaChart.PageUnit = GraphicsUnit.Point
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Quality

Gets or sets the quality of the image.

Declaration

public long Quality { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int64

Remarks

When the image is stored into PDF not as a mask, you may reduce its quality, which saves the disk space.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Set image quality.
metaChart.Quality = 10;
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Set image quality.
metaChart.Quality = 10
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Methods

Dispose()

Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Dispose the metafile.
 metaChart.Dispose();
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Dispose the metafile.
metaChart.Dispose()
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Finalize()

Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the PdfMetafile is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Declaration

protected void Finalize()

Layout(PdfLayoutParams)

Layouts the element.

Declaration

protected override PdfLayoutResult Layout(PdfLayoutParams param)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfLayoutParams	param	Layout parameters.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	Returns lay outing results.

Overrides

PdfShapeElement.Layout(PdfLayoutParams)

Layout(HtmlToPdfLayoutParams)

Layouts the HtmlToPdf element.

Declaration

protected override PdfLayoutResult Layout(HtmlToPdfLayoutParams param)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
HtmlToPdfLayoutParams	param	Layout parameters.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	Returns lay outing results.

Overrides

PdfLayoutElement.Layout(HtmlToPdfLayoutParams)

SetTransparency(Single, Single, PdfBlendMode, Boolean)

Sets the transparency.

Declaration

public void SetTransparency(float alphaPen, float alphaBrush, PdfBlendMode blendMode, bool transparency)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Single	alphaPen	The alpha value for pen operations.
System.Single	alphaBrush	The alpha value for brush operations.
PdfBlendMode	blendMode	The blend mode.
System.Boolean	transparency	Transparency is applied or not.

Remarks

This API is not supported in WinRT, Windows Phone, Xamarin, Universal Windows Platform and Silverlight.

Examples

// Create a PDF Document.
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add pages to the document
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Create the layout format
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
//Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = true;
format.SplitTextLines = true;
//Create a Metafile instance
PdfMetafile metaChart = new PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf");
//Set transparency.
metaChart.SetTransparency(0.5f, 0.5f, PdfBlendMode.Overlay, true);
//Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);

' Create a PDF Document.
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Add pages to the document
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
'Create PDF graphics for the page
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
'Create the layout format
Dim format As New PdfMetafileLayoutFormat()
'Split text and image between pages
format.SplitImages = True
format.SplitTextLines = True
'Create a Metafile instance
Dim metaChart As New PdfMetafile("MetaChart.emf")
'Set transparency.
metaChart.SetTransparency(0.5F, 0.5F, PdfBlendMode.Overlay, True)
'Draw the Metafile in the page
metaChart.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the document
doc.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Implements

System.IDisposable