ActiveReports Developer 7
DrawText(String,Single,Single,Single,Single) Method
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GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.v7 Assembly > GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section Namespace > Page Class > DrawText Method : DrawText(String,Single,Single,Single,Single) Method

strText
Text string to be drawn on the page.
left
Left position of the text.
top
Top position of the text.
width
Width of the text area (in inches).
height
Height of the text area (in inches).

Glossary Item Box

Draws the specified string within the specified coordinates.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Overloads Sub DrawText( _
   ByVal strText As System.String, _
   ByVal left As System.Single, _
   ByVal top As System.Single, _
   ByVal width As System.Single, _
   ByVal height As System.Single _
)
C# 
public void DrawText( 
   System.string strText,
   System.float left,
   System.float top,
   System.float width,
   System.float height
)

Parameters

strText
Text string to be drawn on the page.
left
Left position of the text.
top
Top position of the text.
width
Width of the text area (in inches).
height
Height of the text area (in inches).

Remarks

Uses the page's Font, ForeColor, BackColor, TextAlignment, TextAngle and VerticalTextAlignment properties to draw the string.

Example

C#Copy Code
private void arv_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    rptDocument rpt = new rptDocument();
    rpt.Run();
    arv.Document=rpt.Document;

    System.Drawing.Font f = new System.Drawing.Font("Times New Roman", 36);
    arv.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.YellowGreen;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].Font = f;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].TextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.TextAlignment.Center;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].TextAngle = 900;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].VerticalTextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.VerticalTextAlignment.Middle;

    arv.Document.Pages[0].DrawText("Confidential", 1, 1, 6.5f, 9);
}
Visual BasicCopy Code
Private Sub arv_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles arv.Load
    Dim rpt As New rptDocument
    rpt.Run()
    arv.Document = rpt.Document

    Dim f As New System.Drawing.Font("Times New Roman", 36)

    With arv.Document.Pages(0)
        .Font = f
        .ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.YellowGreen
        .TextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.TextAlignment.Center
        .TextAngle = 900
        .VerticalTextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.VerticalTextAlignment.Middle
        .DrawText("Confidential", 1, 1, 6.5, 9)
    End With
End Sub

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