FontProgramsController Property (PdfDocument)

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Gets or sets FontProgramsControllerBase that allows to access external font programs.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration

Public Property FontProgramsController As Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase

public Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase FontProgramsController { get; set; }

public: __property Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase* get_FontProgramsController();
public: __property void set_FontProgramsController(
   Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase* value
);

public:
property Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase^ FontProgramsController {
   Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase^ get();
   void set(Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FontProgramsControllerBase^ value);
}

Property Value

Default value is an instance of FileFontProgramsControllerWithFallbackFont class, which searches fonts in the "$ASSEMBLY_DIRECTORY$\fonts\" directory.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	Thrown if value is null.

Example

Here is an example that shows how to change the font search algorithm and search fonts in the specified folder:

VB.NET


''' <summary>
''' Loads the PDF document and assigns custom fonts directory.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="filename">The name of PDF document.</param>
''' <returns>Loaded PDF document.</returns>
Public Function LoadPdfDocumentAndSetFontsDictionary(filename As String) As Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument
    ' load PDF document
    Dim pdfDocument As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument(filename)
    ' define path to directory with custom fonts
    Dim directoryWithFonts As String = "d:\Environment\CustomFonts\"
    ' assign custom fonts directory
    pdfDocument.FontProgramsController = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FileFontProgramsControllerWithFallbackFont(True, directoryWithFonts)

    Return pdfDocument
End Function


/// <summary>
/// Loads the PDF document and assigns custom fonts directory.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">The name of PDF document.</param>
/// <returns>Loaded PDF document.</returns>
public Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument LoadPdfDocumentAndSetFontsDictionary(string filename)
{
    // load PDF document
    Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument(filename);
    // define path to directory with custom fonts
    string directoryWithFonts = @"d:\Environment\CustomFonts\";
    // assign custom fonts directory
    pdfDocument.FontProgramsController = 
        new Vintasoft.Imaging.Fonts.FileFontProgramsControllerWithFallbackFont(true, directoryWithFonts);

    return pdfDocument;
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET9; .NET 8; .NET 7; .NET 6; .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

Reference

PdfDocument Class
PdfDocument Members

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