Drawing a Paragraph

To draw a paragraph within a rectangle region, complete the following tasks:

In the Form_Load event, enter the following code to draw a paragraph within a rectangle:

To write code in Visual Basic

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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, FontStyle.Regular) Dim rect As New Rectangle(20, 20, 300, 300) Dim s As String s = "ComponentOne was formed on July 1, 2000, by the merger of APEX Software Corporation and VideoSoft. Both APEX and VideoSoft have a history of leadership in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry." Me.C1FlashCanvas1.DrawString(s, font, Brushes.DarkRed, rect) font.Dispose() End Sub

To write code in C#

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private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(20, 20, 300, 300); Font font = new Font("Courier New", 14, FontStyle.Regular); string s = "ComponentOne was formed on July 1, 2000, by the merger of APEX Software Corporation and VideoSoft. Both APEX and VideoSoft have a history of leadership in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry."; this.c1FlashCanvas1.DrawString(s, font, Brushes.DarkRed, rect); font.Dispose(); }

Enter the following code after the font.Dispose method in the Form_Load event to save the canvas to a SWF file and launch it in Internet Explorer:

To write code in Visual Basic

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Me.C1FlashCanvas1.RenderToFile("c:\c1flash_canvas_text.swf") LaunchViewer("c:\c1flash_canvas_text.swf")

To write code in C#

Save and run your application.

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this.C1FlashCanvas1.RenderToFile(@"c:\c1flash_canvas_text.swf"); LaunchViewer(@"c:\c1flash_canvas_text.swf");

This topic illustrates the following:

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