TextBrick.StringFormat Property

Gets or sets the formatting string applied to the brick’s text.

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 which represents the formatting string for the brick’s text.

Remarks

Use the StringFormat property to specify text layout information (such as alignment, orientation and tab stops) and display manipulations (such as ellipsis insertion and national digit substitution).

Note

The string format specified by this property is applied to the text returned by an object of the TextBrick.TextValue property. The TextBrickBase.Text property is set to the resulting text.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

web-forms-pivot-grid-export-additional-captions-header-or-footer/CS/Default.aspx.cs#L51

tb.Text = "Custom Header";
tb.StringFormat = new BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Center);
tb.Rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, l.PrintingSystem.Graph.ClientPageSize.Width, 20);

VB.NET

web-forms-pivot-grid-export-additional-captions-header-or-footer/VB/Default.aspx.vb#L46

tb.Text = "Custom Header"
tb.StringFormat = New BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Center)
tb.Rect = New RectangleF(0, 0, l.PrintingSystem.Graph.ClientPageSize.Width, 20)