Standard Page Elements
When creating a PDF document, there are several page elements commonly used when creating most PDF documents. The following table lists standard page elements frequently used when creating a PDF.
Refer to the Page Elements Overview for more information on the page elements offered by DynamicPDF Core Suite. There you will find more information on forms, barcodes, and charts. The listing below are only the most commonly used page elements.
Standard Page Elements
DynamicPDF Core Suite includes the following page elements.
| Element | Usage |
|---|---|
| Anchor Group | Anchors page elements to the edge or margins of a page. |
| Area Group | Groups page elements into logical groups. It contains a width and height which is used by the Table Page element's cell for alignment. |
| Background Image | Adds an image which stretches to fill a page's background. |
| Bookmark | Adds an outline to a document's outline list. |
| Circle | Adds a circle to a page. |
| Formatted Text Area | Adds formatted text to a page. This element has continuation methods to efficiently span text between multiple formatted text areas and pages |
| Group | Groups page elements into logical groups. |
| HtmlArea | Renders HTML content within a specified PDF page area (see below). |
| Image | Adds an image to a page. |
| Image Watermark | Adds an image watermark to a document. |
| Label | Adds a text label to a page. |
| Layout Grid | Adds a layout grid to a page and assists the layout of Page Elements. |
| Line | Adds a line to a page. |
| Link | Adds document and URL links to a page. |
| List | Add a list to a page. |
| Note | Adds a PDF note to a page. |
| Ordered List | Adds an ordered list to a page. |
| Page Numbering Label | Adds text page and section numbering to the label added to the page |
| Path | Adds a path shape to a page. Contains the LineSubPath, CurveFromSubPath, CurveSubPath and CurveToSubPath sub classes. |
| Rectangle | Adds a rectangle to a document |
| Table2 | Adds a table to the page. It has horizontal and vertical continuation methods to efficiently span a table between multiple columns or pages. |
| Text Area | Add an area of text to a page. It has text continuation methods to efficiently span text between multiple text areas and pages. |
| Text Watermark | Adds a text watermark to a document. |
| Transformation Group | Used to shift, rotate and scale other page elements. Any page element placed in a transformation group will shift, rotate or scale with that transformation group. |
| Transparency Group | Adds transparency to page elements. |
| Unordered List | Adds an unordered list to a page. |