Group

Namespace:

ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements

Assemblies:

DynamicPDF.CoreSuite.dll

Represents a group of page elements.

public class Group : PageElement, IEnumerable, IPageElementContainer, ISerializable

Public Class Group
    Inherits PageElement
    Implements IEnumerable, IPageElementContainer, ISerializable

Inheritance: ObjectPageElementGroup

Implements: IEnumerable, IPageElementContainer, ISerializable

Derived: AnchorGroup, AreaGroup, ContentArea, TransformationGroup, TransparencyGroup

Licensing Info

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

• Any active DynamicPDF Subscription (Essentials, Professional, Professional Plus or Ultimate).
• A DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET v12.X Essentials license.
• It can also be used for free with a public link back to www.dynamicpdf.com and with the DynamicPDF Essentials message displaying on the bottom of each page.

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 group
    Dim MyGroup As Group = New Group
    
    ' Add page elements to the group 
    MyGroup.Add(New Rectangle(0, 0, 200, 200, 3))
    MyGroup.Add(New Line(0, 100, 100, 0, 3))
    MyGroup.Add(New Line(100, 0, 200, 100, 3))
    MyGroup.Add(New Line(200, 100, 100, 200, 3))
    MyGroup.Add(New Line(100, 200, 0, 100, 3))
    
    ' Add the group to the page
    MyPage.Elements.Add(MyGroup)
    
    ' 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 a group
        Group mygroup = new Group();
       
        // Add page elements to the group
        mygroup.Add( new Rectangle( 0, 0, 200, 200, 3 ) );
        mygroup.Add( new Line( 0, 100, 100, 0, 3 ) );
        mygroup.Add( new Line( 100, 0, 200, 100, 3 ) );
        mygroup.Add( new Line( 200, 100, 100, 200, 3 ) );
        mygroup.Add( new Line( 100, 200, 0, 100, 3 ) );
       
        // Add the group to the page
        page.Elements.Add( mygroup );	

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

Remarks

This class can be used to collect many page elements together and add them to the page all at once. Every page element that you add to the group will be added to the page when the group is added to the page.

Constructors

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See Also