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PageInfoDataProviderBase.GetText(PrintingSystemBase, PageInfoTextBrickBase) Method

Enables you to obtain and customize the text of the Page Info control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

public abstract string GetText(
    PrintingSystemBase ps,
    PageInfoTextBrickBase brick
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
ps PrintingSystemBase

A PrintingSystemBase object.

brick PageInfoTextBrickBase

A PageInfoTextBrickBase descendant.

Returns

Type Description
String

A String value.

Remarks

In the following example, all PageInfo bricks are processed using the PageInfoDataProviderBase class. The GetText method returns information about the current HttpContext user.

using System.Web;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;

class CustomPageInfoDataProvider : PageInfoDataProviderBase
{
    readonly HttpContext httpContext;
    public CustomPageInfoDataProvider(HttpContext httpContext)
    {
        this.httpContext = httpContext;
    }

    public override string GetText(PrintingSystemBase ps, PageInfoTextBrickBase brick)
    {
        if (brick.PageInfo != PageInfo.UserName)
        {
            return null;
        }
        if (httpContext == null)
            return "<No Information>";
        var user = httpContext.User;
        if (user == null || user.Identity == null)
            return "<Please enable Forms or Windows security>";
        var identity = user.Identity;
        return identity.IsAuthenticated
            ? identity.Name
            : "<Guest>";
    }
}

View Example: How to Display the Name of the Current Logged in User in a Report

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