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RichEditPenBase.DashStyle Property

Gets or sets a line style of the RichEditPenBase object.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

#Declaration

public RichEditDashStyle DashStyle { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
RichEditDashStyle

One of the RichEditDashStyle enumeration values.

Available values:

Name Description Example
Solid

Specifies a solid line.

dashstyle_solid

Dash

Specifies a dashed line.

dashstyle_dash

Dot

Specifies a dotted line.

dashstyle_dot

DashDot

Specifies a dash-dot line.

dashstyle_dashdot

DashDotDot

Specifies a line with a repeating dash-dot-dot pattern.

dashstyle_dashdotdot

#Example

This code snippet illustrates the implementation of the PageCanvas.DrawRectangle and PageCanvas.DrawLine methods. They draw a color rectangle and two crossed lines in place of the inline pictures.

View Example

Public Overrides Sub DrawInlinePictureBox(ByVal inlinePictureBox As InlinePictureBox)
    If Form1.customDrawPicture = True Then
        Dim Ebounds As Rectangle = inlinePictureBox.Bounds
        Dim pen As New RichEditPen(Color.Maroon, 2)
        pen.DashStyle = RichEditDashStyle.Dot
        Canvas.DrawLine(pen, New Point(Ebounds.X, Ebounds.Y + Ebounds.Height), New Point(Ebounds.X + Ebounds.Width, Ebounds.Y))
        Canvas.DrawLine(pen, New Point(Ebounds.X, Ebounds.Y), New Point(Ebounds.X + Ebounds.Width, Ebounds.Y + Ebounds.Height))
        Dim inlineRect As New Rectangle(Ebounds.X, Ebounds.Y, Ebounds.Width, Ebounds.Height)
        Canvas.DrawRectangle(New RichEditPen(Color.Aquamarine, 4), inlineRect)
    Else
        MyBase.DrawInlinePictureBox(inlinePictureBox)
    End If
End Sub

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