BrickGraphics.StringFormat Property

Gets or sets text layout information (such as alignment, orientation and tab stops) and display manipulations (such as ellipsis insertion and national digit substitution).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

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

Declaration

C#

public BrickStringFormat StringFormat { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property StringFormat As BrickStringFormat

Property Value

Type	Description
BrickStringFormat	A BrickStringFormat object containing text information.

Example

The following code demonstrates use of the BrickStringFormat. It creates a new BrickStringFormat object, sets the text alignment to Center, and text direction to DirectionVertical.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...

    VisualBrick visBrick;
    BrickGraphics brickGraph = printingSystem1.Graph;
    string s = "Developer Express Inc.";

    // Specify the string format.
    StringFormat sFormat = new StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical);
    sFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
    sFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;

    // Create the BrickStringFormat object.
    BrickStringFormat brickSFormat = new BrickStringFormat(sFormat);

    // Measure the string according to the specified format
    SizeF sz = brickGraph.MeasureString(s, 30, sFormat);

    // Start the report generation.
    printingSystem1.Begin();

    // Set the brick string format
    brickGraph.StringFormat = brickSFormat;

    // Create a rectangle.
    RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(new PointF(0, 0), new SizeF(30, 150));
    // Specify a page area.
    brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail;
    // Add a brick to the report.
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, Color.MidnightBlue, rect, BorderSide.All);

    // Finish the report generation.
    printingSystem1.End();

    // Preview the report.
    printingSystem1.PreviewFormEx.Show();

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
' ...

    Dim visBrick As VisualBrick
    Dim brickGraph As BrickGraphics = printingSystem1.Graph
    Dim s As String = "Developer Express Inc."

    ' Specify the string format.
    Dim sFormat As StringFormat = New StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical)
    sFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
    sFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center

    ' Create the BrickStringFormat object.
    Dim brickSFormat As BrickStringFormat = New BrickStringFormat(sFormat)

    ' Measure the string according to the specified format
    Dim sz As SizeF = brickGraph.MeasureString(s, 30, sFormat)

    ' Start the report generation.
    printingSystem1.Begin()

    ' Set the brick string format
    brickGraph.StringFormat = brickSFormat

    ' Create a rectangle.
    Dim rect As RectangleF = New RectangleF(New PointF(0, 0), New SizeF(30, 150))
    ' Specify a page area.
    brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail
    ' Add a brick to the report.
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, Color.MidnightBlue, rect, BorderSide.All)

    ' Finish the report generation.
    printingSystem1.End()

    ' Preview the report.
    printingSystem1.PreviewFormEx.Show()

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the StringFormat property.

Note

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C#

reporting-printing-library-get-started/CS/Form1.cs#L99

    // Set the line alignment.
    g.StringFormat = g.StringFormat.ChangeLineAlignment(StringAlignment.Near);
}

reporting-winforms-handle-link-events/CS/UseLinkEvents/Form1.cs#L52

e.Graph.Font = new Font("Comic Sans MS", 12);
e.Graph.StringFormat = new BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Center, StringAlignment.Center);

VB.NET

reporting-printing-library-get-started/VB/Form1.vb#L116

    ' Set the line alignment.
    g.StringFormat = g.StringFormat.ChangeLineAlignment(StringAlignment.Near)
End If

reporting-winforms-handle-link-events/VB/UseLinkEvents/Form1.vb#L55

e.Graph.Font = New Font("Comic Sans MS", 12)
e.Graph.StringFormat = New BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Center, StringAlignment.Center)