BookmarkNode.Brick Property

OBSOLETE

Use the Page.GetBrickByIndices method instead.

Gets the brick which the current bookmark is associated with.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

[Obsolete("Use the Page.GetBrickByIndices method instead.")]
public Brick Brick { get; }

VB.NET

<Obsolete("Use the Page.GetBrickByIndices method instead.")>
Public ReadOnly Property Brick As Brick

Property Value

Type	Description
Brick	A Brick object representing the brick which the current bookmark references.

Remarks

Note, that if the specified brick is split across two or more pages, then the bookmark will reference the part of the brick which is situated on the page returned by the BookmarkNode.Page property.

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.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-document-map-bookmarks-e147

Form1.cs

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);
            }
        }

Form1.vb

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Native
' ...
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        ' Create a new Printing System.
        Dim ps As New PrintingSystem()

        ' Create a new link and add a handler to its CreateDetailArea event.
        Dim link As New Link(ps)
        AddHandler link.CreateDetailArea, AddressOf OnDocumentCreated

        ' Create a document for the link.
        link.CreateDocument()

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

        ' Show the report's preview.
        link.ShowPreview()
    End Sub

    Private Sub OnDocumentCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CreateAreaEventArgs)
        ' Draw 5 bricks on a document.
        For i As Integer = 0 To 4
            Dim brick As 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)
        Next i
    End Sub

    Private Sub CreateDocumentMap(ByVal document As Document)
        ' Create a collection of 'Page and Brick' pairs.
        Dim Pairs As New BrickPagePairCollection()

        ' Create an enumerator of all document bricks.
        Dim en As New DocumentBrickEnumerator(document)

        ' Add the 'Brick-Page' pairs for all document bricks.
        While en.MoveNext()
            Pairs.Add(BrickPagePair.Create(en.Brick, en.Page))
        End While

        ' Add bookmarks for all pairs to the document's map.
        Dim Pair As BrickPagePair
        For Each Pair In Pairs
            Dim page As Page = document.Pages(Pair.PageIndex)
            Dim brick As Brick = CType(page.GetBrickByIndices(Pair.BrickIndices), Brick)
            Dim BrickText As String = CType(brick, TextBrick).Text
            Dim mapNode As New BookmarkNode(BrickText, brick, page)
            document.BookmarkNodes.Add(mapNode)
        Next
    End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-implement-a-separate-document-map-using-the-xtratreelist-control-e4516/CS/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.cs#L70

if (prevNode != null)
    printControl1.PrintingSystem.UnmarkBrick(prevNode.Brick, prevNode.Page);
printControl1.ShowBrick(node.Brick, node.Page);