BrickStringFormat.Alignment Property

Gets or sets text alignment information.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v26.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

public DXStringAlignment Alignment { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Alignment As DXStringAlignment

Property Value

Type	Description
DXStringAlignment	The text alignment within its layout rectangle.

Available values:

Name	Description
Near	The text is aligned near the layout.
Center	Text is aligned in the center of the layout rectangle.
Far	The text is aligned far from the original position of the layout rectangle.

Example

The following code creates a new BrickStringFormat object and sets the text alignment to Center.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.Drawing;
// ...
PrintingSystemBase printingSystem1 = new PrintingSystemBase();

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

    // Specify the string format.
    DXStringFormat dxFormat = new DXStringFormat();
    dxFormat.Alignment = DXStringAlignment.Center;
    dxFormat.LineAlignment = DXStringAlignment.Center;

    // Create a BrickStringFormat object.
    BrickStringFormat brickSFormat = new BrickStringFormat(dxFormat);

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

    // 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(150, 30));
    // 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.ExportToPdf("report.pdf");

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.Drawing
' ...
Dim printingSystem1 As New PrintingSystemBase()

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

    ' Specify the string format.
    Dim dxFormat As New DXStringFormat()
    dxFormat.Alignment = DXStringAlignment.Center
    dxFormat.LineAlignment = DXStringAlignment.Center

    ' Create a BrickStringFormat object.
    Dim brickSFormat As New BrickStringFormat(dxFormat)

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

    ' Start the report generation.
    printingSystem1.Begin()

    ' Set the brick string format
    brickGraph.StringFormat = brickSFormat

    ' Create a rectangle.
    Dim rect As New RectangleF(New PointF(0, 0), New SizeF(150, 30))
    ' 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.ExportToPdf("report.pdf")