PdfTextSection Class


PdfTextSection Class

Represents a text that can be added to the header or footer templates of a pdf document.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
SelectPdf.UniversalPdfSectionElement
SelectPdf.UniversalPdfTextSection

Namespace: SelectPdf.Universal
Assembly: SelectPdf.Universal (in SelectPdf.Universal.dll) Version: 26.4

Syntax

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public class PdfTextSection : PdfSectionElement

Public Class PdfTextSection
	Inherits PdfSectionElement

The PdfTextSection type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	PdfTextSection(Single, Single, String)	Creates a text object using a default Helvetica 9pt font.
	PdfTextSection(Single, Single, String, PdfFont)	Creates a text object that can be added to the header or footer templates of a pdf document.
	PdfTextSection(Single, Single, Single, String, PdfFont)	Creates a text object that can be added to the header or footer templates of a pdf document.
	PdfTextSection(Single, Single, Single, Single, String, PdfFont)	Creates a text object that can be added to the header or footer templates of a pdf document.
	PdfTextSection(Single, Single, Single, String, PdfFont, PdfColor)	Creates a text object that can be added to the header or footer templates of a pdf document.
	PdfTextSection(Single, Single, Single, Single, String, PdfFont, PdfColor)	Creates a text object that can be added to the header or footer templates of a pdf document.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	BackColor	Gets or sets the element background color.
	CharacterSpacing	Gets or sets the spacing between the text characters.
	Direction	Gets or sets an angle to control the text direction.
	EmbedFont	A flag indicating if the text font will be embedded in the pdf document.
	Font	The text font.
	ForeColor	Gets or sets the element foreground color.
	Height	Gets or sets the element height, in points, in the destination pdf page. (Inherited from PdfSectionElement)
	HorizontalAlign	Gets or sets the horizontal text alignment.
	Leading	Gets or sets the text leading (the distance between the baselines of consecutive lines of text).
	RightToLeft	Gets or sets a flag indicating if the text is written from right to left.
	Text	The text string that will be added to the pdf document header or footer.
	TextRise	Gets or sets the distance to move the text baseline up or down from its default location.
	Transparency	Gets or sets the pdf element transparency.
	VerticalAlign	Gets or sets the vertical text alignment.
	Width	Gets or sets the element width, in points, in the destination pdf page. (Inherited from PdfSectionElement)
	WordSpacing	Gets or sets the spacing between the text words.
	X	Gets or sets the element position on the X axis. (Inherited from PdfSectionElement)
	Y	Gets or sets the element position on the Y axis. (Inherited from PdfSectionElement)

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Remarks

The Text property supports the {page_number} and {total_pages} placeholders, which are replaced per page with the current page number and the total number of pages of the generated pdf document.

Example

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HtmlToPdf converter = new HtmlToPdf();
converter.Options.DisplayFooter = true;
PdfFont font = PdfFont.CreateStandardFont(PdfStandardFont.Helvetica, 10);
PdfTextSection text = new PdfTextSection(0, 10,
    "Page {page_number} of {total_pages}", font);
text.HorizontalAlign = PdfTextHorizontalAlign.Center;
text.ForeColor = new PdfColor(0, 0, 0);
converter.Footer.Add(text);
PdfDocument doc = converter.ConvertUrl("https://www.google.com");
doc.Save("out.pdf");
doc.Close();

Dim converter As New HtmlToPdf()
converter.Options.DisplayFooter = True
Dim font As PdfFont = PdfFont.CreateStandardFont(PdfStandardFont.Helvetica, 10)
Dim text As New PdfTextSection(0, 10,
    "Page {page_number} of {total_pages}", font)
text.HorizontalAlign = PdfTextHorizontalAlign.Center
text.ForeColor = New PdfColor(0, 0, 0)
converter.Footer.Add(text)
Dim doc As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertUrl("https://www.google.com")
doc.Save("out.pdf")
doc.Close()

Reference

SelectPdf.Universal Namespace