BeforePagePaintEventArgs.Canvas Property

Provides access to layout drawing surface.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public PageCanvas Canvas { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Canvas As PageCanvas

Property Value

Type	Description
PageCanvas	A PageCanvas object which encapsulates the layout drawing surface.

Remarks

Use the Canvas property to access methods for drawing objects on the document layout.

Example

This code snippet illustrates the implementation of a PagePainter descendant. It draws color rectangles in place of the words and labels a floating picture with a text string drawn over it.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/layout-api-simple-example-t245818

MyLayoutPainter.vb

Public Class MyLayoutPainter
    Inherits PagePainter

MyLayoutPainter.cs

public class MyLayoutPainter : PagePainter
{