FormattedTextArea

Namespace:

ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements

Assemblies:

DynamicPDF.CoreSuite.dll

Represents an area of formatted text.

public class FormattedTextArea : RotatingPageElement, IArea, ICoordinate, ISerializable

Public Class FormattedTextArea
    Inherits RotatingPageElement
    Implements IArea, ICoordinate, ISerializable

Inheritance: ObjectPageElementTaggablePageElementRotatingPageElementFormattedTextArea

Implements: IArea, ICoordinate, ISerializable

Licensing Info

This class is a full DynamicPDF Core Suite feature. One of the following is required for non-evaluation usage:

• An active DynamicPDF Ultimate Subscription
• An active DynamicPDF Professional or Professional Plus Subscription with DynamicPDF Core Suite selected.
• A DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET v12.X Developer License.

Examples

Imports System
Imports ceTe.DynamicPDF
Imports ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements
     
Module MyModule
     		
    Sub Main()
     		
        ' Create a PDF Document
        Dim MyDocument As Document = New Document 
     		
        ' Create a Page and add it to the document
        Dim MyPage As Page = New Page
        MyDocument.Pages.Add(MyPage)
     
        ' Create a style
        Dim style As FormattedTextAreaStyle = New FormattedTextAreaStyle(FontFamily.Helvetica, 12, False)
     
        ' Create the text and the formatted text area
        Dim formattedText As String = "<p>Formatted text area provide rich formatting support for " + _
     	"text that appears in the document. You have complete control over 8 paragraph " + _
     	"properties: spacing before, spacing after, first line indentation, left indentation," + _
     	" right indentation, alignment, allowing orphan lines, and white space preservation; " + _
     	"6 font properties: <font face='Times'>font face, </font><font " + _
     	"pointSize='6'>font size, </font><font color='FF0000'>color, " + _
     	"</font><b>bold, </b><i<italic and </i><u>" + _
     	"underline</u>; and 2 line properties: leading, and leading type. Text can " + _
     	"also be rotated.</p>"
     
        Dim MyFormattedTextArea As FormattedTextArea = New FormattedTextArea(formattedText, 0, 0, 256, 400, style)
     
        ' Add the formatted text area to the page
        MyPage.Elements.Add(MyFormattedTextArea)
     
        ' Save the PDF
        MyDocument.Draw("C:\MyDocument.pdf")
    End Sub
End Module

using System;
using ceTe.DynamicPDF;
using ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements;

public class Example
{
    public static void CreatePDF(string outputPath)
    {
        // Create a PDF Document
        Document document = new Document();

        // Create a Page and add it to the document
        Page page = new Page();
        document.Pages.Add(page);

        // Create an formatted style
        FormattedTextAreaStyle style = new FormattedTextAreaStyle(FontFamily.Helvetica, 12, false);

        // Create the text and the formatted text area
        string formattedText = "<p>Formatted text area provide rich formatting support for text that " +
           "appears in the document. You have complete control over 8 paragraph properties: " +
           "spacing before, spacing after, first line indentation, left indentation, right " +
           "indentation, alignment, allowing orphan lines, and white space preservation; 6 " +
           "font properties: <font face='Times'>font face, </font><font " +
           "pointSize='6'>font size, </font><font color='FF0000'>color, " +
           "</font><b>bold, </b><i>italic and </i><u>" +
           "underline</u>; and 2 line properties: leading, and leading type. Text can " +
           "also be rotated.</p>";

        FormattedTextArea formattedTextArea = new FormattedTextArea(formattedText, 0, 0, 256, 400, style);

        // Add the formatted text area to the page
        page.Elements.Add(formattedTextArea);

        // Save the PDF
        document.Draw(outputPath);
    }
}

Remarks

This class can be used to place formatted text onto an area of the page. For a complete list of supported font tags take a look at the Formatted TextArea Formatting topic. See the Text Continuation topic for more on text continuation.

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