XtraMessageBoxArgs.UseGdiPlusTextPainter Property

Gets or sets whether to use GDI+ to render strings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool UseGdiPlusTextPainter { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property UseGdiPlusTextPainter As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true to use GDI+ to render strings; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Set the UseGdiPlusTextPainter property to true to use GDI+ to render strings. This setting is required to render the tab characters correctly.

C#

XtraMessageBoxArgs args = new XtraMessageBoxArgs();  
args.UseGdiPlusTextPainter = true;  
args.Text = "TestTes \t\t\t aaa \nTest\t\t\t bbb";  
XtraMessageBox.Show(args);

VB.NET

Dim args As New XtraMessageBoxArgs()  
args.UseGdiPlusTextPainter = True  
args.Text = "TestTes " & vbTab & vbTab & vbTab & " aaa " & vbLf & "Test" & vbTab & vbTab & vbTab & " bbb"  
XtraMessageBox.Show(args)

Use the StringFormat.SetTabStops(Single, Single[]) method to specify tab stops. Call this method when the application starts.

C#

DevExpress.Utils.TextOptions.DefaultStringFormat.SetTabStops(0, new float[]{ 50, 50})

VB.NET

DevExpress.Utils.TextOptions.DefaultStringFormat.SetTabStops(0, New Single() {50, 50})