Aligning Text in the Center

Flash for WinForms

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To draw text in the center, complete the following tasks:

To center text, add the following code to the Form_Load event:

To write code in Visual Basic

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Imports C1.C1Flash Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim font As New Font("Courier New", 14) Dim rect As New Rectangle(35, 170, 160, 35) Dim sf As New StringFormat(StringFormat.GenericDefault) rect.Offset(rect.Width + 30, 0) Me.C1FlashCanvas1.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, rect) sf.Alignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Center Me.C1FlashCanvas1.DrawString("Center alignment", font, Brushes.DarkOrange, rect, sf) End Sub

To write code in C#

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using C1.C1Flash; private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Font font = new Font("MS Sans Serif", 14); Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(35, 170, 160, 35); StringFormat sf = new StringFormat(StringFormat.GenericDefault); rect.Offset(rect.Width + 30, 0); this.c1FlashCanvas1.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, rect); sf.Alignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Center; this.c1FlashCanvas1.DrawString("Center alignment", font, Brushes.DarkOrange, rect, sf); }

Add the following code to the Button_Click event, which will save the canvas to a SWF file and launch it to FlashPlayer or Internet Explorer:

To write code in Visual Basic

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Me.C1FlashCanvas1.RenderToFile("c:\WindowsApplication1.swf") LaunchViewer("c:\WindowsApplication1.swf")

To write code in C#

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this.c1FlashCanvas1.RenderToFile(@"c:\WindowsApplication1.swf"); LaunchViewer(@"c:\WindowsApplication1.swf");

This topic illustrates the following:

Here is what your text will look like in Internet Explorer: