TextArea

Namespace:

ceTe.DynamicPDF.PageElements

Assemblies:

DynamicPDF.CoreSuite.dll

Represents an area of text.

public class TextArea : RotatingPageElement, IArea, ICoordinate, ISerializable

Public Class TextArea
    Inherits RotatingPageElement
    Implements IArea, ICoordinate, ISerializable

Inheritance: ObjectPageElementTaggablePageElementRotatingPageElementTextArea

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 text area
        Dim MyTextArea As TextArea = New TextArea("This is the " + "underlined text of a TextArea", 100, 100, 400, 30, _
     	ceTe.DynamicPDF.Font.HelveticaBoldOblique, 18)
     
        ' Change the underline property to true
        MyTextArea.Underline = True
     
        ' Add the text to the page
        MyPage.Elements.Add(MyTextArea)
     
        ' 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 text area
        TextArea textArea = new TextArea("This is the underlined " + "text of a TextArea", 100, 100, 400, 30,
           ceTe.DynamicPDF.Font.HelveticaBoldOblique, 18);

        // Change the underline property to true
        textArea.Underline = true;

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

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

Remarks

This class can be used to place text on a page. Using the methods GetOverflowText or GetOverflowTextArea and HasOverflowText, users can control the pagination of TextAreas that come from a source of unknown length. See the Text Continuation topic for more on text continuation.

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See Also