Drawing System Description

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Introduction

Spludlow Drawing is done by first creating a “PrintDoc” this implements the “IPrintDoc” interface that lists the methods you can use to draw:

public interface IPrintDoc

{

void NewPage();

void Text(string text, string font, float x, float y, Color colour, float angle, StringAlignment alignment, float strokeWidth, Color strokeColour);

void TextBox(string text, string font, float x, float y, float width, float height, Color colour, float angle, StringAlignment alignment, float strokeWidth, Color strokeColour);

void Line(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, float lineWidth, Color lineColour);

void Rectangle(float x, float y, float width, float height, float lineWidth, Color lineColour, Color fillColour);

void Cirlce(float x, float y, float radius, float lineWidth, Color lineColour, Color fillColour);

void Ellipse(float x, float y, float xRadius, float yRadius, float lineWidth, Color lineColour, Color fillColour);

void Arc(float x, float y, float xRadius, float yRadius, float startAngle, float endAngle, float lineWidth, Color lineColour);

void ArcSector(float x, float y, float xOuterRadius, float yOuterRadius, float xInnerRadius, float yInnerRadius, float startAngle, float endAngle, float lineWidth, Color lineColour, Color fillColour);

void Polygon(float x, float y, float xRadius, float yRadius, int sides, float rotateAngle, float lineWidth, Color lineColour, Color fillColour);

void Shape(PointF[] points, float lineWidth, Color lineColour, Color fillColour);

void Curve(PointF[] points, float lineWidth, Color lineColour);

void Lines(PointF[] points, float lineWidth, Color lineColour);

void Place(string filename, float x, float y, float scale, int sourcePageNumber);

void PlaceAngle(string filename, float x, float y, float scale, float angle, int sourcePageNumber);

void BarCode(string data, string type, float x, float y, float width, float height, Color foreColour, Color backColour, bool rotate);

}

This interface is not as complete as the .net Graphics but should provide the functionality to create most “business” documents.

Page Size

When creating a print doc the page size can be specified as a string.

NOTE: The default is portrait, for landscape append ‘*’ to the page size e.g. “A4*”

Name	Short	Long	AreaMM	AreaCM	AreaM
String*	Single	Single	Single	Single	Single
A8	52	74	3848	38.48	0.003848
BC	55	85	4675	46.75	0.004675
A7	74	105	7770	77.7	0.00777
A6	105	148	15540	155.4	0.01554
DL	99	210	20790	207.9	0.02079
Junior	127	203	25781	257.81	0.025781
Memo	140	216	30240	302.4	0.03024
A5	148	210	31080	310.8	0.03108
Letter	216	279	60264	602.64	0.060264
A4	210	297	62370	623.7	0.06237
RA4	215	305	65575	655.75	0.065575
SRA4	225	320	72000	720	0.072
Legal	216	356	76896	768.96	0.076896
Tabloid	279	432	120528	1205.28	0.120528
A3	297	420	124740	1247.4	0.12474
RA3	305	430	131150	1311.5	0.13115
SRA3	320	450	144000	1440	0.144
A2	420	594	249480	2494.8	0.24948
RA2	430	610	262300	2623	0.2623
SRA2	450	640	288000	2880	0.288
A1	594	841	499554	4995.54	0.499554
RA1	610	860	524600	5246	0.5246
SRA1	640	900	576000	5760	0.576
A0	841	1189	999949	9999.49	0.999949
RA0	860	1220	1049200	10492	1.0492
SRA0	900	1280	1152000	11520	1.152
2A0	1189	1682	1999898	19998.98	1.999898
4A0	1682	2378	3999796	39997.96	3.999796

You can specify a custom size with “111 x 222”.

NOTE: All units are in millimetres.