Enum PdfDockStyle

Specifies the docking style of the page template.

Namespace: Syncfusion.Pdf
Assembly: Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll
Syntax
public enum PdfDockStyle
Remarks

This enumeration is used in PdfPageTemplateElement class. To know more details about PdfPageTemplateElement refer this link.

Examples
//Create a PDF document
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Create a page
PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();
RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height);
//Create a page template
PdfPageTemplateElement footer = new PdfPageTemplateElement(rect);
//set the dock style
footer.Dock = PdfDockStyle.Right;
//Set the template alignment as top right
footer.Alignment = PdfAlignmentStyle.TopRight;
PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 8);
PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Gray);
//Create page number field
PdfPageNumberField pageNumber = new PdfPageNumberField(font, brush);
//Create page count field
PdfPageCountField count = new PdfPageCountField(font, brush);
PdfCompositeField compositeField = new PdfCompositeField(font, brush, "Page {0} of {1}", pageNumber, count);
compositeField.Bounds = footer.Bounds;
compositeField.Draw(footer.Graphics, new PointF(40, footer.Height - 50));
//Add the footer template at the bottom
doc.Template.Right = footer;
//Save the document
doc.Save("Template.pdf");
//Close the document
doc.Close(true);
'Create a PDF document
Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
'Create a page
Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()
Dim rect As New RectangleF(0, 0, page.GetClientSize().Width, page.GetClientSize().Height)
'Create a page template
Dim footer As New PdfPageTemplateElement(rect)
'set the dock style
footer.Dock = PdfDockStyle.Right
'Set the template alignment as top right
footer.Alignment = PdfAlignmentStyle.TopRight
Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 8)
Dim brush As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Gray)
'Create page number field
Dim pageNumber As New PdfPageNumberField(font, brush)
'Create page count field
Dim count As New PdfPageCountField(font, brush)
Dim compositeField As New PdfCompositeField(font, brush, "Page {0} of {1}", pageNumber, count)
compositeField.Bounds = footer.Bounds
compositeField.Draw(footer.Graphics, New PointF(40, footer.Height - 50))
'Add the footer template at the bottom
doc.Template.Right = footer
'Save the document
doc.Save("Template.pdf")
'Close the document
doc.Close(True)

Fields

Name Description
Bottom

The page template edge is docked to the bottom page's side.
Fill

The page template stretch on full page.
Left

The page template edge is docked to the left page's side.
None

The page template is not docked.
Right

The page template edge is docked to the right page's side.
Top

The page template edge is docked to the top page's side.
See Also