Drawing Text Inside a Rectangle

To draw text inside of a rectangle, use the DrawRectangle method to draw a rectangle and call the DrawString method to draw text into the rectangle:

To place text in the rectangle, add the following code to the Form_Load event handler:

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("MS Sans Serif", 14) Dim rect As New Rectangle(50, 120, 200, 75) Me.C1FlashCanvas1.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, rect) Me.C1FlashCanvas1.DrawString("Text in the rectangle", font, Brushes.DarkOrange, rect) font.Dispose() 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(50, 120, 200, 75); this.c1FlashCanvas1.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, rect); this.c1FlashCanvas1.DrawString("Text in the rectangle", font, Brushes.DarkOrange, rect); font.Dispose(); }

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: