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BookmarkNode Class

Represents a bookmark shown in the report’s document map.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v24.2.Core.dll

Declaration

public class BookmarkNode :
    StorableObjectBase,
    IBookmarkNode,
    IXtraPartlyDeserializable,
    IXtraSupportShouldSerializeCollectionItem,
    IXtraSupportDeserializeCollectionItem

Remarks

Note that all the options of a bookmark can be set only when it’s created via the BookmarkNode object’s constructor. After a bookmark has been created, it can be added to the collection of bookmarks by calling the collection’s Add method. Use the BookmarkDuplicateSuppress property to remove duplicate bookmarks.

Note

BookmarkDuplicateSuppress removes only the bookmarks that are duplicated consecutively in the same group section.

Populate the BookmarkNodes collection with your bookmark nodes manually to remove duplicates throughout the report document.

Example

This example illustrates how to make Print Preview display a Document Map listing all bookmarks assigned to a Document‘s elements.

The following code adds five bricks to the Detail section of a document and then assigns bookmarks to each brick.

Note that the Document Map button is automatically enabled in Print Preview when a displayed document has any bookmarks.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Native;
// ...
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create a new Printing System.
            PrintingSystem ps = new PrintingSystem();

            // Create a new link and add a handler to its CreateDetailArea event.
            Link link = new Link(ps);
            link.CreateDetailArea += new CreateAreaEventHandler(OnDocumentCreated);

            // Create a document for the link.
            link.CreateDocument();

            // Create a document's map.
            CreateDocumentMap(ps.Document);

            // Show the report's preview.
            link.ShowPreview();

            // Remove the handler for the CreateDetailArea event.
            link.CreateDetailArea -= new CreateAreaEventHandler(OnDocumentCreated);
        }

        private void OnDocumentCreated(object sender, CreateAreaEventArgs e) {
            // Draw 5 bricks on a document.
            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
                TextBrick brick = new TextBrick();
                brick.Text = "Item #" + (i + 1).ToString();
                brick.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
                brick.Rect = new Rectangle(10, i * 100, 100, 50);
                e.Graph.DrawBrick(brick, brick.Rect);
            }
        }

        private void CreateDocumentMap(Document document) {
            // Create a collection of 'Page and Brick' pairs.
            BrickPagePairCollection pairs = new BrickPagePairCollection();

            // Create an enumerator of all document bricks.
            DocumentBrickEnumerator en = new DocumentBrickEnumerator(document);

            // Add the 'Brick-Page' pairs for all document bricks.
            while (en.MoveNext()) {
                pairs.Add(BrickPagePair.Create(en.Brick, en.Page));
            }

            // Add bookmarks for all pairs to the document's map.
            foreach (BrickPagePair pair in pairs) {
                Page page = document.Pages[pair.PageIndex];

                Brick brick = page.GetBrickByIndices(pair.BrickIndices) as Brick;
                string BrickText = ((TextBrick)brick).Text;
                BookmarkNode mapNode = new BookmarkNode(BrickText, brick, page);
                document.BookmarkNodes.Add(mapNode);
            }
        }

Inheritance

Object
DevExpress.Printing.Utils.DocumentStoring.StorableObjectBase
BookmarkNode
See Also