ActiveReports 8
DrawText(String,RectangleF) Method
Example 

Text string to be drawn on the page.
Bounds of the text.
Draws the specified string within the specified bounds.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Sub DrawText( _
   ByVal strText As System.String, _
   ByVal text As RectangleF _
) 
public void DrawText( 
   System.string strText,
   RectangleF text
)

Parameters

strText
Text string to be drawn on the page.
text
Bounds of the text.
Remarks
Uses the page's Font, ForeColor, BackColor, TextAlignment, TextAngle and VerticalTextAlignment properties to draw the string.
Example
private void arv_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    rptDocument rpt = new rptDocument();
    rpt.Run();
    arv.Document=rpt.Document;

    System.Drawing.Font f = new System.Drawing.Font("Times New Roman", 36);
    arv.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.YellowGreen;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].Font = f;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].TextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.TextAlignment.Center;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].TextAngle = 900;
    arv.Document.Pages[0].VerticalTextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.VerticalTextAlignment.Middle;

    Single x = 1.0F;
    Single y = 1.0F;
    Single width = 6.5F;
    Single height = 9.0F;
    RectangleF drawRect = new RectangleF(x,y,width,height);

    arv.Document.Pages[0].DrawText("Confidential", drawRect);
}
Private Sub arv_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles arv.Load
    Dim rpt As New rptDocument
    rpt.Run()
    arv.Document = rpt.Document

    Dim f As New System.Drawing.Font("Times New Roman", 36)
    Dim x As Single = 1.0F
    Dim y As Single = 1.0F
    Dim width As Single = 6.0F
    Dim height As Single = 9.0F
    Dim drawRect As New RectangleF(x, y, width, height)

    With arv.Document.Pages(0)
        .Font = f
        .ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.YellowGreen
        .TextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.TextAlignment.Center
        .TextAngle = 900
        .VerticalTextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.VerticalTextAlignment.Middle
        .DrawText("Confidential", drawRect)
    End With
End Sub
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