TextBrick Class

A visual brick that contains text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

[BrickExporter(typeof(TextBrickExporter))]
public class TextBrick :
    TextBrickBase,
    ITextBrick,
    IVisualBrick,
    IBaseBrick,
    IBrick,
    ITableCell

VB.NET

<BrickExporter(GetType(TextBrickExporter))>
Public Class TextBrick
    Inherits TextBrickBase
    Implements ITextBrick,
               IVisualBrick,
               IBaseBrick,
               IBrick,
               ITableCell

Related API Members

The following members accept/return TextBrick objects:

• BrickGraphics.DrawString(String, Color, RectangleF, BorderSide)
• BrickGraphics.DrawString(String, RectangleF)

Remarks

TextBrick is used to type plain text in a document and provides options that define the text color, alignment, font and format settings.

To print rotated text in your document, use the LabelBrick class.

To insert rich text into your document, use the RichTextBrick class.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create a TextBrick using the BrickGraphics.DrawString method.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...

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

    // Measure the string.
    SizeF sz = brickGraph.MeasureString(s);

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

    // Create a rectangle of the calculated size.
    RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(new PointF(0, 0), sz);
    // Specify a page area.
    brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail;
    // Create a text brick.
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, Color.Black, 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."

    ' Measure the string.
    Dim sz As SizeF = brickGraph.MeasureString(s)

    ' Start the report generation.
    printingSystem1.Begin()

    ' Create a rectangle of the calculated size.
    Dim rect As RectangleF = New RectangleF(New PointF(0, 0), sz)
    ' Specify a page area.
    brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail
    ' Create a text brick.
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, Color.Black, 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 TextBrick class.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#

Reporting_how-to-create-a-custom-label-control-with-a-title-e333/CS/XRTitledLabel.cs#L123

rect.Size = gr.MeasureString(TitleText, titleFont, (int)panelBrick.Rect.Width);
TextBrick textBrick = CreateTextBrick(panelBrick);
textBrick.Rect = rect;

Reporting_how-to-calculate-page-and-report-summaries-e18/CS/Form1.cs#L27

// Perform actions for all bricks on the current page.
foreach (TextBrick brick in e.Page) {
    if (brick != null) {

Reporting_how-to-combine-links-via-the-compositelink-e15/CS/Form1.cs#L57

void linkGrid1Report_CreateDetailArea(object sender, CreateAreaEventArgs e) {
    TextBrick tb = new TextBrick();
    tb.Text = "Northwind Traders";

Reporting_how-to-implement-the-iprintable-interface-e8/CS/PrintableListView.cs#L146

} else {
    TextBrick brick = (TextBrick)DrawBrick("TextBrick", r);
    brick.Text = item.SubItems[j].Text;

mvc-pivot-grid-custom-export/CS/MVCxPivotGrid_CustomExport/PivotGridHelper/PivotGridHelper.cs#L53

// Specify the text to display in a cell.
((DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextBrick)e.Brick).Text = string.Format(
     "=> {0}",

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-create-a-custom-label-control-with-a-title-e333/VB/XRTitledLabel.vb#L129

rect.Size = gr.MeasureString(TitleText, titleFont_Renamed, CInt(Fix(panelBrick.Rect.Width)))
Dim textBrick As TextBrick = CreateTextBrick(panelBrick)
textBrick.Rect = rect

Reporting_how-to-calculate-page-and-report-summaries-e18/VB/Form1.vb#L29

' Perform actions for all bricks on the current page.
For Each brick As TextBrick In e.Page
    If brick IsNot Nothing Then

Reporting_how-to-combine-links-via-the-compositelink-e15/VB/Form1.vb#L59

Private Sub linkGrid1Report_CreateDetailArea(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CreateAreaEventArgs)
    Dim tb As New TextBrick()
    tb.Text = "Northwind Traders"

Reporting_how-to-implement-the-iprintable-interface-e8/VB/PrintableListView.vb#L175

Else
    Dim brick As TextBrick = CType(DrawBrick("TextBrick", r), TextBrick)
    brick.Text = item.SubItems(j).Text

how-to-print-a-custom-usercontrol-that-lays-inside-a-grid-cell-e3992/VB/CustomControlInGrid/ProjectLayoutControl.vb#L92

Dim tb As TextBrick = CType(editor.Properties.GetBrick(inf), TextBrick)
tb.Rect = rect

Implements

IBrick

ITableCell

Inheritance

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Object

DevExpress.Printing.Utils.DocumentStoring.StorableObjectBase

BrickBase

Brick

VisualBrick

TextBrickBase

TextBrick

LabelBrick

PageInfoTextBrickBase

PageInfoTextBrick

PageInfoBrick