AppearanceObject.DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle) Method

Draws a text string at the specified position.

Namespace: DevExpress.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public void DrawString(
    GraphicsCache cache,
    string text,
    Rectangle bounds
)

VB.NET

Public Sub DrawString(
    cache As GraphicsCache,
    text As String,
    bounds As Rectangle
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
cache	GraphicsCache	A GraphicsCache object providing storage for the pens, fonts and brushes used during painting.
text	String	A String value representing the text to be drawn.
bounds	Rectangle	A Rectangle value representing the drawing area.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

create-custom-editor-with-auto-height-functionality/CS/TreeListAutoNodeHeight/TreeListAutoNodeHeight/CustomAnyControlEditPainter.cs#L14

    info.ViewInfo.PaintAppearance.DrawBackground(info.Cache, info.Bounds);
    info.ViewInfo.PaintAppearance.DrawString(info.Cache, info.ViewInfo.DisplayText, info.Bounds);
}

winforms-checked-combobox-with-images/CS/WindowsApplication3/CheckedImageComboBoxEdit.cs#L85

        itInfo.TextRect.Height);
    appearance.DrawString(cache, itInfo.Text, textRect);
}

winforms-diagram-create-custom-toolbox/CS/CustomDiagramToolboxExample/Form1.cs#L42

{
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, e.DisplayText, new Rectangle(e.Bounds.X + shapeTextOffset, e.Bounds.Y, e.Bounds.Width - shapeTextOffset, e.Bounds.Height));
    e.Cache.TranslateTransform(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y);

winforms-pivot-customize-cell/CS/PivotCustomDraw/Form1.cs#L50

r.Inflate(-4, -4);
e.Appearance.DrawString(e.GraphicsCache, e.DisplayText, r);
e.Handled = true;

VB.NET

winforms-checked-combobox-with-images/VB/WindowsApplication3/CheckedImageComboBoxEdit.vb#L99

    Dim textRect As New Rectangle(itInfo.TextRect.X + RepositoryItemCheckedImageComboBoxEdit.ImageWidth + 2, itInfo.TextRect.Y, itInfo.TextRect.Width - RepositoryItemCheckedImageComboBoxEdit.ImageWidth - 2, itInfo.TextRect.Height)
    appearance.DrawString(cache, itInfo.Text, textRect)
End Sub

winforms-diagram-create-custom-toolbox/VB/CustomDiagramToolboxExample/Form1.vb#L43

Try
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, e.DisplayText, New System.Drawing.Rectangle(e.Bounds.X + Me.shapeTextOffset, e.Bounds.Y, e.Bounds.Width - Me.shapeTextOffset, e.Bounds.Height))
    e.Cache.TranslateTransform(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y)

winforms-pivot-customize-cell/VB/PivotCustomDraw/Form1.vb#L54

r.Inflate(-4, -4)
e.Appearance.DrawString(e.GraphicsCache, e.DisplayText, r)
e.Handled = True