corelibraries-devexpress-dot-xtraprinting-dot-brickgraphics-b36c8d37.md
Gets or sets text layout information (such as alignment, orientation and tab stops) and display manipulations (such as ellipsis insertion and national digit substitution).
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Assembly : DevExpress.Printing.v25.2.Core.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Printing.Core
public BrickStringFormat StringFormat { get; set; }
Public Property StringFormat As BrickStringFormat
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| BrickStringFormat |
A BrickStringFormat object containing text information.
|
The following code demonstrates use of the BrickStringFormat. It creates a new BrickStringFormat object, sets the text alignment to Center , and text direction to DirectionVertical.
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...
VisualBrick visBrick;
BrickGraphics brickGraph = printingSystem1.Graph;
string s = "Developer Express Inc.";
// Specify the string format.
StringFormat sFormat = new StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical);
sFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
sFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;
// Create the BrickStringFormat object.
BrickStringFormat brickSFormat = new BrickStringFormat(sFormat);
// Measure the string according to the specified format
SizeF sz = brickGraph.MeasureString(s, 30, sFormat);
// Start the report generation.
printingSystem1.Begin();
// Set the brick string format
brickGraph.StringFormat = brickSFormat;
// Create a rectangle.
RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(new PointF(0, 0), new SizeF(30, 150));
// Specify a page area.
brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail;
// Add a brick to the report.
visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, Color.MidnightBlue, rect, BorderSide.All);
// Finish the report generation.
printingSystem1.End();
// Preview the report.
printingSystem1.PreviewFormEx.Show();
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
' ...
Dim visBrick As VisualBrick
Dim brickGraph As BrickGraphics = printingSystem1.Graph
Dim s As String = "Developer Express Inc."
' Specify the string format.
Dim sFormat As StringFormat = New StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical)
sFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
sFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
' Create the BrickStringFormat object.
Dim brickSFormat As BrickStringFormat = New BrickStringFormat(sFormat)
' Measure the string according to the specified format
Dim sz As SizeF = brickGraph.MeasureString(s, 30, sFormat)
' Start the report generation.
printingSystem1.Begin()
' Set the brick string format
brickGraph.StringFormat = brickSFormat
' Create a rectangle.
Dim rect As RectangleF = New RectangleF(New PointF(0, 0), New SizeF(30, 150))
' Specify a page area.
brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail
' Add a brick to the report.
visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, Color.MidnightBlue, rect, BorderSide.All)
' Finish the report generation.
printingSystem1.End()
' Preview the report.
printingSystem1.PreviewFormEx.Show()
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the StringFormat property.
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reporting-printing-library-get-started/CS/Form1.cs#L99
// Set the line alignment.
g.StringFormat = g.StringFormat.ChangeLineAlignment(StringAlignment.Near);
}
reporting-winforms-handle-link-events/CS/UseLinkEvents/Form1.cs#L52
e.Graph.Font = new Font("Comic Sans MS", 12);
e.Graph.StringFormat = new BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Center, StringAlignment.Center);
reporting-printing-library-get-started/VB/Form1.vb#L116
' Set the line alignment.
g.StringFormat = g.StringFormat.ChangeLineAlignment(StringAlignment.Near)
End If
reporting-winforms-handle-link-events/VB/UseLinkEvents/Form1.vb#L55
e.Graph.Font = New Font("Comic Sans MS", 12)
e.Graph.StringFormat = New BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Center, StringAlignment.Center)
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