Class PdfLayoutElement

Represents the base class for all elements that can be layout on the pages.

Inheritance

System.Object

PdfLayoutElement

Inherited Members

PdfGraphicsElement.Draw(PdfGraphics)

PdfGraphicsElement.Draw(PdfGraphics, PointF)

PdfGraphicsElement.Draw(PdfGraphics, Single, Single)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics

Assembly: Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll

Syntax

public abstract class PdfLayoutElement : PdfGraphicsElement

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Constructors

PdfLayoutElement()

Declaration

protected PdfLayoutElement()

Properties

PdfTag

Gets or sets the tag for the element

Declaration

public PdfTag PdfTag { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfTag

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Set PDF tag element.
rect.PdfTag = new PdfStructureElement(PdfTagType.Figure);
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Methods

Draw(PdfPage, PointF)

Draws the element on the page with the specified page and System.Drawing.PointF structure

Declaration

public PdfLayoutResult Draw(PdfPage page, PointF location)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPage	page	Current page where the element should be drawn.
System.Drawing.PointF	location	Start location on the page.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	PdfLayoutResult that represents the layout result of the drawn element.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Draw(PdfPage, PointF, PdfLayoutFormat)

Draws the element on the page with the specified page, System.Drawing.PointF structure and layout format

Declaration

public PdfLayoutResult Draw(PdfPage page, PointF location, PdfLayoutFormat format)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPage	page	Current page where the element should be drawn.
System.Drawing.PointF	location	Start location on the page.
PdfLayoutFormat	format	PdfLayoutFormat that represents the layout settings

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	PdfLayoutResult that represents the layout result of the drawn element.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Create new PDF layout format.
PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat();
//Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
//Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; 
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Create new PDF layout format.
Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat()
'Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
'Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, PointF.Empty, format)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Draw(PdfPage, RectangleF)

Draws the element on the page with the specified page and System.Drawing.RectangleF structure

Declaration

public PdfLayoutResult Draw(PdfPage page, RectangleF layoutRectangle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPage	page	Current page where the element should be drawn.
System.Drawing.RectangleF	layoutRectangle	RectangleF structure that specifies the bounds of the element.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	PdfLayoutResult that represents the layout result of the drawn element.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 1000);
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, new RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500));
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 1000)
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, New RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500))
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Draw(PdfPage, RectangleF, PdfLayoutFormat)

Draws the element on the page with the specified page, System.Drawing.RectangleF structure and layout format

Declaration

public PdfLayoutResult Draw(PdfPage page, RectangleF layoutRectangle, PdfLayoutFormat format)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPage	page	Current page where the element should be drawn.
System.Drawing.RectangleF	layoutRectangle	RectangleF structure that specifies the bounds of the element.
PdfLayoutFormat	format	PdfLayoutFormat that represents the layout settings

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	PdfLayoutResult that represents the layout result of the drawn element.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Create new PDF layout format.
PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat();
//Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
//Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; 
//Create layout rectangle.
RectangleF layoutRect = new RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500);
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, layoutRect, format);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Create new PDF layout format.
Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat()
'Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
'Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage
'Create layout rectangle.
Dim layoutRect As New RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500)
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, layoutRect, format)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Draw(PdfPage, Single, Single)

Draws the element on the page with the specified page and pair of coordinates

Declaration

public PdfLayoutResult Draw(PdfPage page, float x, float y)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPage	page	Current page where the element should be drawn.
System.Single	x	X co-ordinate of the element on the page.
System.Single	y	Y co-ordinate of the element on the page.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	PdfLayoutResult that represents the layout result of the drawn element.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, 10, 10);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, 10, 10)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Draw(PdfPage, Single, Single, PdfLayoutFormat)

Draws the element on the page with the specified page, pair of coordinates and layout format

Declaration

public PdfLayoutResult Draw(PdfPage page, float x, float y, PdfLayoutFormat format)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPage	page	Current page where the element should be drawn.
System.Single	x	X co-ordinate of the element on the page.
System.Single	y	Y co-ordinate of the element on the page.
PdfLayoutFormat	format	PdfLayoutFormat that represents the layout settings

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	PdfLayoutResult that represents the layout result of the drawn element.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Create new PDF layout format.
PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat();
//Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
//Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; 
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, 10, 20, format);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Create new PDF layout format.
Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat()
'Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
'Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, 10, 20, format)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

Layout(PdfLayoutParams)

Layouts the element.

Declaration

protected abstract PdfLayoutResult Layout(PdfLayoutParams param)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfLayoutParams	param	Layout parameters.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	Returns the results of layout.

Layout(HtmlToPdfLayoutParams)

Layouts the specified param.

Declaration

protected virtual PdfLayoutResult Layout(HtmlToPdfLayoutParams param)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
HtmlToPdfLayoutParams	param	The param.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLayoutResult	null

Events

BeginPageLayout

Raises before the element should be printed on the page.

Declaration

public event BeginPageLayoutEventHandler BeginPageLayout

Event Type

Type
BeginPageLayoutEventHandler

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Create new PDF layout format.
PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat();
//Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
//Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; 
//Create layout rectangle.
RectangleF layoutRect = new RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500);
//Raise begin page layout event.
rect.BeginPageLayout += Rect_BeginPageLayout;
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, layoutRect, format);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Create new PDF layout format.
Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat()
'Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
'Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage
'Create layout rectangle.
Dim layoutRect As New RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500)
'Raise the begin page layout event.
AddHandler rect.BeginPageLayout, AddressOf Rect_BeginPageLayout
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, layoutRect, format)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)

EndPageLayout

Raises after the element was printed on the page.

Declaration

public event EndPageLayoutEventHandler EndPageLayout

Event Type

Type
EndPageLayoutEventHandler

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create new PdfRectangle instance.
PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800);
//Create new PDF layout format.
PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat();
//Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
//Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; 
//Create layout rectangle.
RectangleF layoutRect = new RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500);
//Raise end page layout event.
rect.EndPageLayout += Rect_EndPageLayout;
//Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
PdfLayoutResult result = rect.Draw(page, layoutRect, format);
//Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the PDF document.
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create new PdfRectangle instance.
Dim rect As New PdfRectangle(PdfBrushes.Red, 200, 800)
'Create new PDF layout format.
Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat()
'Set layout.
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
'Set break type.
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage
'Create layout rectangle.
Dim layoutRect As New RectangleF(10, 10, 300, 500)
'Raise the end page layout event
AddHandler rect.EndPageLayout, AddressOf Rect_EndPageLayout
'Draw the rectangle to PDF page.
Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = rect.Draw(page, layoutRect, format)
'Save the PDF docment.
document.Save("output.pdf") 
Close the PDF document.
document.Close(True)