Class ElementBuilder

ElementBuilder is used to build new PDF.Elements (e.g. image, text, path, etc) from scratch. In conjunction with ElementWriter, ElementBuilder can be used to create new page content.

Inheritance

System.Object

ElementBuilder

Implements

System.IDisposable

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: pdftron.PDF

Assembly: PDFTronDotNet.dll

Syntax

public class ElementBuilder : IDisposable

Remarks

Analogous to ElementReader, every call to ElementBuilder.Create? method destroys the Element currently associated with the builder and all previous Element pointers are invalidated.

Constructors

ElementBuilder()

Instantiates a new element builder.

Declaration

public ElementBuilder()

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Methods

ArcTo(Double, Double, Double, Boolean, Boolean, Double, Double)

Draw an arc from the current point to the end point.

Declaration

public void ArcTo(double xr, double yr, double rx, bool isLargeArc, bool sweep, double endX, double endY)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	xr	the xr
System.Double	yr	the yr
System.Double	rx	x-axis rotation in radians
System.Boolean	isLargeArc	indicates if smaller or larger arc is chosen 1 - one of the two larger arc sweeps is chosen 0 - one of the two smaller arc sweeps is chosen
System.Boolean	sweep	direction in which arc is drawn (1 - clockwise, 0 - counterclockwise)
System.Double	endX	the end x
System.Double	endY	the end y

Remarks

The Arc is defined the same way as it is specified by SVG or XPS standards. For further questions please refer to the XPS or SVG standards.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

ArcTo(Double, Double, Double, Double, Double, Double)

Draw an arc with the specified parameters (upper left corner, width, height and angles).

Declaration

public void ArcTo(double x, double y, double width, double height, double start, double extent)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	x	the x
System.Double	y	the y
System.Double	width	the width
System.Double	height	the height
System.Double	start	starting angle of the arc in degrees
System.Double	extent	angular extent of the arc in degrees

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

ClosePath()

Closes the current subpath.

Declaration

public void ClosePath()

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateEllipse(Double, Double, Double, Double)

Create an ellipse (or circle, if rx == ry) path Element.

Declaration

public Element CreateEllipse(double cx, double cy, double rx, double ry)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	cx	the cx
System.Double	cy	the cy
System.Double	rx	the rx
System.Double	ry	the ry

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateForm(Page)

Create a Form XObject Element using the content of the existing page. This method assumes that the XObject will be used in the same document as the given page. If you need to create the Form XObject in a different document use CreateForm(Page, Doc) method.

Declaration

public Element CreateForm(Page page)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Page	page	A page used to create the Form XObject.

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateForm(Page, PDFDoc)

Create a Form XObject Element using the content of the existing page. Unlike CreateForm(Page) method, you can use this method to create form in another document.

Declaration

public Element CreateForm(Page page, PDFDoc doc)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Page	page	A page used to create the Form XObject.
PDFDoc	doc	Destination document for the Form XObject.

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateForm(Obj)

Create a Form XObject Element.

Declaration

public Element CreateForm(Obj form)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Obj	form	a Form XObject content stream

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateGroupBegin()

Create e_group_begin Element (i.e. 'q' operator in PDF content stream). The function saves the current graphics state.

Declaration

public Element CreateGroupBegin()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateGroupEnd()

Create e_group_end Element (i.e. 'Q' operator in PDF content stream). The function restores the previous graphics state.

Declaration

public Element CreateGroupEnd()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateImage(Image)

Create a content image Element out of a given document Image.

Declaration

public Element CreateImage(Image img)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Image	img	the img

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateImage(Image, Matrix2D)

Create a content image Element out of a given document Image.

Declaration

public Element CreateImage(Image img, Matrix2D mtx)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Image	img	the img
Matrix2D	mtx	the image transformation matrix.

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateImage(Image, Double, Double, Double, Double)

Create a content image Element out of a given document Image with the lower left corner at (x, y), and scale factors (hscale, vscale).

Declaration

public Element CreateImage(Image img, double x, double y, double hscale, double vscale)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Image	img	the img
System.Double	x	the x
System.Double	y	the y
System.Double	hscale	the hscale
System.Double	vscale	the vscale

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateMarkedContentBegin(String, Obj)

Create e_marked_content_begin element with an associated property dictionary (i.e. BMC or BDC operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateMarkedContentBegin(string tag, Obj property_dict)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	tag	the marked content tag
Obj	property_dict	the property dictionary

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the marked content begin element

CreateMarkedContentBeginInlineProperties(String)

Create e_marked_content_begin element with an inline property dictionary (i.e. BDC operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateMarkedContentBeginInlineProperties(string tag)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	tag	the marked content tag

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the marked content begin element

Remarks

The inline property dictionary can be accessed and edited using element.GetMCPropertyDict().

CreateMarkedContentEnd()

Create e_marked_content_end element (i.e. EMC operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateMarkedContentEnd()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the marked content end element

CreateMarkedContentPoint(String, Obj)

Create e_marked_content_point element with an associated property dictionary (i.e. MP or DP operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateMarkedContentPoint(string tag, Obj property_dict)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	tag	the marked content tag
Obj	property_dict	the property dictionary

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the marked content point element

CreateMarkedContentPointInlineProperties(String)

Create e_marked_content_point element with an inline property dictionary (i.e. DP operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateMarkedContentPointInlineProperties(string tag)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	tag	the marked content tag

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the marked content point element

Remarks

The inline property dictionary can be accessed and edited using element.GetMCPropertyDict().

CreatePath(Double[], Int32, Byte[], Int32)

Create a path Element using given path segment data.

Declaration

public Element CreatePath(double[] points, int point_count, byte[] seg_types, int seg_types_count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double[]	points	the points
System.Int32	point_count	number of points in points array
System.Byte[]	seg_types	the seg_types
System.Int32	seg_types_count	number of segment types in seg_types array

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateRect(Double, Double, Double, Double)

Create a rectangle path Element.

Declaration

public Element CreateRect(double x, double y, double width, double height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	x	the x
System.Double	y	the y
System.Double	width	the width
System.Double	height	the height

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateShading(Shading)

Create a shading Element.

Declaration

public Element CreateShading(Shading sh)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Shading	sh	the sh

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateShapedTextRun(ShapedText)

Create a new text run from shaped text. Shaped Text can be created with an approriate Font, using the Font.GetShapedText() method.

Declaration

public Element CreateShapedTextRun(ShapedText shaped_text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ShapedText	shaped_text	the shaped text data

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Remarks

You must set the current Font and font size before calling this function. The font must be created using Font::CreateCIDTrueTypeFont() method, and should be the same font used to generate the shaped text content. For best results, the font should be encoded using the e_Indices encoding scheme. A text run can be created only within a text block

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextBegin()

Start a text block ('BT' operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateTextBegin()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextBegin(Font, Double)

Start a text block ('BT' operator in PDF content stream). The function installs the given font in the current graphics state.

Declaration

public Element CreateTextBegin(Font font, double font_sz)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Font	font	the font
System.Double	font_sz	the font_sz

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextEnd()

Ends a text block.

Declaration

public Element CreateTextEnd()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextNewLine()

Create e_text_new_line Element (i.e. a T* operator in PDF content stream).

Declaration

public Element CreateTextNewLine()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextNewLine(Double, Double)

Create e_text_new_line Element (i.e. a Td operator in PDF content stream). Move to the start of the next line, offset from the start of the current line by (dx , dy). dx and dy are numbers expressed in unscaled text space units.

Declaration

public Element CreateTextNewLine(double dx, double dy)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	dx	the dx
System.Double	dy	the dy

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextRun(String)

Create a new text run.

Declaration

public Element CreateTextRun(string text_data)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text_data	the text_data

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Remarks

a text run can be created only within a text block you must set the current Font and font size before calling this function.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateTextRun(String, Font, Double)

Create a text run using the given font.

Declaration

public Element CreateTextRun(string text_data, Font font, double font_sz)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text_data	the text_data
Font	font	the font
System.Double	font_sz	the font_sz

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Remarks

a text run can be created only within a text block

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateUnicodeTextRun(String)

Create a new Unicode text run.

Declaration

public Element CreateUnicodeTextRun(string text_data)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text_data	the text_data

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Remarks

you must set the current Font and font size before calling this function and the font must be created using Font.CreateCIDTrueTypeFont() method. a text run can be created only within a text block

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CreateUnicodeTextRun(String, Font, Double)

Create a new Unicode text run.

Declaration

public Element CreateUnicodeTextRun(string text_data, Font font, double font_sz)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text_data	the text_data
Font	font	font for the text run
System.Double	font_sz	size of the font

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the element

Remarks

you must set the current Font and font size before calling this function and the font must be created using Font.CreateCIDTrueTypeFont() method. a text run can be created only within a text block

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

CurveTo(Double, Double, Double, Double, Double, Double)

Draw a Bezier curve from the current point to the given point (x2, y2) using (cx1, cy1) and (cx2, cy2) as control points.

Declaration

public void CurveTo(double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	cx1	the cx1
System.Double	cy1	the cy1
System.Double	cx2	the cx2
System.Double	cy2	the cy2
System.Double	x2	the x2
System.Double	y2	the y2

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Destroy()

Declaration

public void Destroy()

Dispose()

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Dispose(Boolean)

Declaration

protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing

Ellipse(Double, Double, Double, Double)

Add an ellipse (or circle, if rx == ry) to the current path as a complete subpath. Setting the current point is not required before using this function.

Declaration

public void Ellipse(double cx, double cy, double rx, double ry)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	cx	the cx
System.Double	cy	the cy
System.Double	rx	the rx
System.Double	ry	the ry

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Finalize()

Releases all resources used by the ElementBuilder

Declaration

protected void Finalize()

LineTo(Double, Double)

Draw a line from the current point to the given point.

Declaration

public void LineTo(double x, double y)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	x	the x
System.Double	y	the y

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

MoveTo(Double, Double)

Set the current point.

Declaration

public void MoveTo(double x, double y)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	x	the x
System.Double	y	the y

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

PathBegin()

Starts building a new path Element that can contain an arbitrary sequence of lines, curves, and rectangles.

Declaration

public void PathBegin()

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

PathEnd()

Finishes building of the path Element.

Declaration

public Element PathEnd()

Returns

Type	Description
Element	the path Element

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Rect(Double, Double, Double, Double)

Add a rectangle to the current path as a complete subpath. Setting the current point is not required before using this function.

Declaration

public void Rect(double x, double y, double width, double height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Double	x	the x
System.Double	y	the y
System.Double	width	the width
System.Double	height	the height

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Reset()

The function sets the graphics state of this Element to the given value. If 'gs' parameter is not specified or is NULL the function resets the graphics state of this Element to the default graphics state (i.e. the graphics state at the begining of the display list).

The function can be used in situations where the same ElementBuilder is used to create content on several pages, XObjects, etc. If the graphics state is not Reset() when moving to a new display list, the new Element will have the same graphics state as the last Element in the previous display list (and this may or may not be your intent).

Another use of Reset(gs) is to make sure that two Elements have the graphics state.

Declaration

public void Reset()

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Reset(GState)

Reset.

Declaration

public void Reset(GState gs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
GState	gs	the gs

Exceptions

Type	Condition
PDFNetException	PDFNetException the PDFNet exception

Implements

System.IDisposable