CustomDrawObjectEventArgs.Bounds Property

Returns the bounding rectangle of the drawing area.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public Rectangle Bounds { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Bounds As Rectangle

Property Value

Type	Description
Rectangle	A Rectangle value which specifies the object’s bounding rectangle.

Example

The following sample code handles the SchedulerControl.CustomDrawAppointment event to manually paint appointments. The image below shows the result.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/customdrawappointment-customdrawappointmentbackground-e1142

Form1.cs

using DevExpress.XtraScheduler;
using DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
        private void schedulerControl1_CustomDrawAppointment(object sender, CustomDrawObjectEventArgs e) {
            TimeLineAppointmentViewInfo tlvi = e.ObjectInfo as TimeLineAppointmentViewInfo;
            // This code works only for the Timeline View.
            if(tlvi != null) {
                Rectangle r = e.Bounds;
                r.X += 3;
                r.Y += 3;
                string[] s = tlvi.Appointment.Subject.Split(' ');

                for(int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++) {
                    e.Cache.DrawString(s[i], tlvi.Appearance.Font, new SolidBrush(colorArray[i]),
 r, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
                    SizeF shift = e.Graphics.MeasureString(s[i] + " ", tlvi.Appearance.Font);
                    r.X += (int)shift.Width;
                }

                e.Handled = true;
            }
        }

Form1.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraScheduler
Imports DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
        Private Sub schedulerControl1_CustomDrawAppointment(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomDrawObjectEventArgs) Handles schedulerControl1.CustomDrawAppointment
            Dim tlvi As TimeLineAppointmentViewInfo = TryCast(e.ObjectInfo, TimeLineAppointmentViewInfo)
            ' This code works only for the Timeline View.
            If tlvi IsNot Nothing Then
                Dim r As Rectangle = e.Bounds
                r.X += 3
                r.Y += 3
                Dim s() As String = tlvi.Appointment.Subject.Split(" "c)

                For i As Integer = 0 To s.Length - 1
                    e.Cache.DrawString(s(i), tlvi.Appearance.Font, New SolidBrush(colorArray(i)), r, StringFormat.GenericDefault)
                    Dim shift As SizeF = e.Graphics.MeasureString(s(i) & " ", tlvi.Appearance.Font)
                    r.X += CInt(shift.Width)
                Next i

                e.Handled = True
            End If
        End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Bounds property.

Note

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C#

winforms-schedulercontrol-api-t224044/CS/SchedulerAPISample/CodeExamples/Selection.cs#L23

if (cell.Selected) {
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(Brushes.Lime, e.Bounds);
    e.Handled = true;

how-to-custom-paint-day-headers-e1804/CS/CustomDrawDayHeader/Form1.cs#L68

// Draws the outer rectangle.
using(var backBrush = new LinearGradientBrush(e.Bounds,
        Color.LightBlue, Color.Blue, LinearGradientMode.Vertical))

how-to-use-all-day-header-to-display-scheduled-time-statistics-e121/CS/Form1.cs#L46

else brush = Brushes.LightCoral;
e.Cache.FillRectangle(brush, e.Bounds);
e.Cache.DrawString(string.Format("{0:P}", percent), cell.Appearance.Font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds, cell.Appearance.TextOptions.GetStringFormat());

scheduler-reporting-custom-painting-using-customdraw-events-e2758/CS/SchedulerReportCustomDraw/XtraSchedulerReport1.cs#L68

{
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(e.Cache.GetSolidBrush(Color.LightYellow), e.Bounds);
    using (StringFormat sf = new StringFormat())

scheduler-control-use-the-custom-draw-appointment-custom-draw-appointment-background-events/CS/CustomDrawDemo/Form1.cs#L121

if(tlvi != null) {
    Rectangle r = e.Bounds;
    r.Offset(3, 3);

VB.NET

winforms-schedulercontrol-api-t224044/VB/SchedulerAPISample/CodeExamples/Selection.vb#L22

If cell.Selected Then
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(Brushes.Lime, e.Bounds)
    e.Handled = True

how-to-custom-paint-day-headers-e1804/VB/CustomDrawDayHeader/Form1.vb#L70

' Draws the outer rectangle.
Using backBrush = New LinearGradientBrush(e.Bounds, Color.LightBlue, Color.Blue, LinearGradientMode.Vertical)
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(backBrush, e.Bounds)

scheduler-reporting-custom-painting-using-customdraw-events-e2758/VB/SchedulerReportCustomDraw/XtraSchedulerReport1.vb#L35

Dim cell As TimeCell = CType(e.ObjectInfo, TimeCell)
Dim rect As Rectangle = e.Bounds
rect.Height = 1

how-to-use-all-day-header-to-display-scheduled-time-statistics-e121/VB/Form1.vb#L44

End If
e.Cache.FillRectangle(brush, e.Bounds)
e.Cache.DrawString(String.Format("{0:P}", percent), cell.Appearance.Font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds, cell.Appearance.TextOptions.GetStringFormat())

scheduler-control-use-the-custom-draw-appointment-custom-draw-appointment-background-events/VB/CustomDrawDemo/Form1.vb#L120

If tlvi IsNot Nothing Then
    Dim r As Rectangle = e.Bounds
    r.Offset(3, 3)