Watermark.CopyFrom(Watermark) Method

Duplicates the properties of the specified watermark object into the current instance of the Watermark class.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

public virtual void CopyFrom(
    Watermark watermark
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub CopyFrom(
    watermark As Watermark
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
watermark	Watermark	A Watermark object whose properties are to be copied.

Remarks

Use the CopyFrom method to duplicate the properties of the specified object into the instance of the Watermark class that this method is called from.

Example

This example demonstrates how to add a watermark to a printing system document. The SetTextWatermark method demonstrates the properties that are used to specify settings when a text watermark is added to a document, while the SetPictureWatermark method demonstrates the properties required to set a picture as a document’s watermark.

C#

using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing;
using DevExpress.Drawing;
// ...

public void SetTextWatermark(PrintingSystem ps){
   // Create the text watermark.
   Watermark textWatermark = new Watermark();

   // Set watermark options.
   textWatermark.Text = "CUSTOM WATERMARK TEXT";
   textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal;
   textWatermark.Font = new DXFont(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40);
   textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue;
   textWatermark.TextTransparency = 150;
   textWatermark.TextPosition = WatermarkPosition.InFront;
   textWatermark.PageRange = "1,3-5";

   // Add the watermark to the collection.
   ps.Watermarks.Add(textWatermark);
}

public void SetPictureWatermark(PrintingSystem ps){
   // Create the picture watermark.
   Watermark pictureWatermark = new Watermark();

   // Set watermark options.
   pictureWatermark.Image = Bitmap.FromFile("watermark.gif");
   pictureWatermark.ImageAlign = ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
   pictureWatermark.ImageTiling = false;
   pictureWatermark.ImageViewMode = ImageViewMode.Stretch;
   pictureWatermark.ImageTransparency = 150;
   pictureWatermark.ImagePosition = WatermarkPosition.Behind;
   pictureWatermark.PageRange = "2,4";

   // Add the watermark to the collection.
   ps.Watermarks.Add(pictureWatermark);
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.Drawing
' ...

Public Sub SetTextWatermark(ByVal ps As PrintingSystem)
   ' Create the text watermark.
   Dim textWatermark As New Watermark()

   ' Set watermark options.
   textWatermark.Text = "CUSTOM WATERMARK TEXT"
   textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal
   textWatermark.Font = New DXFont(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40)
   textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue
   textWatermark.TextTransparency = 150
   textWatermark.TextPosition = WatermarkPosition.InFront
   textWatermark.PageRange = "1,3-5"

   ' Add the watermark to the collection.
   ps.Watermarks.Add(textWatermark)
End Sub

Public Sub SetPictureWatermark(ByVal ps As PrintingSystem)
   ' Create the picture watermark.
   Dim pictureWatermark As New Watermark()

   ' Set watermark options.
   pictureWatermark.Image = Bitmap.FromFile("watermark.gif")
   pictureWatermark.ImageAlign = ContentAlignment.TopCenter
   pictureWatermark.ImageTiling = False
   pictureWatermark.ImageViewMode = ImageViewMode.Stretch
   pictureWatermark.ImageTransparency = 150
   pictureWatermark.ImagePosition = WatermarkPosition.Behind
   pictureWatermark.PageRange = "2,4"

   ' Add the watermark to the collection.
   ps.Watermarks.Add(pictureWatermark)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-watermark-different-pages/CS/Form1.cs#L18

XtraReport1 report = new XtraReport1();
report.Watermark.CopyFrom(CreateTextWatermark("Common Watermark"));
report.CreateDocument();

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-watermark-different-pages/VB/Form1.vb#L21

Dim report As XtraReport1 = New XtraReport1()
report.Watermark.CopyFrom(CreateTextWatermark("Common Watermark"))
report.CreateDocument()