How to format specific text in WPF? - wpf

I have this code that adds dotted lines under text in text box:
// Create an underline text decoration. Default is underline.
TextDecoration myUnderline = new TextDecoration();
// Create a linear gradient pen for the text decoration.
Pen myPen = new Pen();
myPen.Brush = new LinearGradientBrush(Colors.White, Colors.White, new Point(0, 0.5), new Point(1, 0.5));
myPen.Brush.Opacity = 0.5;
myPen.Thickness = 1.0;
myPen.DashStyle = DashStyles.Dash;
myUnderline.Pen = myPen;
myUnderline.PenThicknessUnit = TextDecorationUnit.FontRecommended;
// Set the underline decoration to a TextDecorationCollection and add it to the text block.
TextDecorationCollection myCollection = new TextDecorationCollection();
myCollection.Add(myUnderline);
PasswordSendMessage.TextDecorations = myCollection;
My problem is I need only the last 6 characters in the text to be formatted!
Any idea how can I achieve that?

Instead of setting the property on the entire TextBlock, create a TextRange for the last six characters and apply the formatting to that:
var end = PasswordSendMessage.ContentEnd;
var start = end.GetPositionAtOffset(-6) ?? PasswordSendMessage.ContentStart;
var range = new TextRange(start, end);
range.ApplyPropertyValue(Inline.TextDecorationsProperty, myCollection);
If PasswordSendMessage is a TextBox rather than a TextBlock, then you cannot use rich text like this. You can use a RichTextBox, in which case this technique will work but you will need to use PasswordSendMessage.Document.ContentEnd and PasswordSendMessage.Document.ContentStart instead of PasswordSendMessage.ContentEnd and PasswordSendMessage.ContentStart.

You could databind your text to the Inlines property of TextBox and make a converter to build the run collection with a seperate Run for the last 6 characters applying your decorations

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Hide some points in Oxyplot Line series

I need to show/hide some data points in oxyplot line series. Is it possible?
Though some markers are invisible, the line should go through the invisible markers.
You could make use of two series to achieve this. The first one would draw the complete points (and line) without the marker. The second series would draw the visible points(with marker,but with line style set to none). For Example
DataPoint[] points = new DataPoint[]
{
new DataPoint(1,12),
new DataPoint(2,10),
new DataPoint(3,9),
new DataPoint(4,13),
new DataPoint(5,14),
new DataPoint(6,10)
};
var seriesComplete = new OxyPlot.Series.LineSeries();
seriesComplete.Points.AddRange(points);
var seriesVisible = new OxyPlot.Series.LineSeries();
seriesVisible.Points.AddRange(points.Where(x => x.Y % 2 == 0));
seriesVisible.MarkerFill = OxyColors.Blue;
seriesVisible.MarkerType = MarkerType.Circle;
seriesVisible.MarkerSize = 10;
seriesVisible.LineStyle = LineStyle.None;
this.MyModel.Series.Add(seriesComplete);
this.MyModel.Series.Add(seriesVisible);
Result is attached as image

How can I add text to a Checkbox I create using iTextSharp?

Derived from Jeff S's methodology found here, I can add a "Checkbox" to a PDF page like so:
PdfPTable tblFirstRow = new PdfPTable(5);
tblFirstRow.SpacingBefore = 4f;
tblFirstRow.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
. . . // code where textboxes are added has been elided for brevity
PdfPCell cell204Submitted = new PdfPCell()
{
CellEvent = new DynamicCheckbox("checkbox204Submitted", "204 Submitted or on file")
};
tblFirstRow.AddCell(cell204Submitted);
doc.Add(tblFirstRow);
The DynamicCheckbox class, based on Jeff S's CustomCellLayout class, is:
public class DynamicCheckbox : IPdfPCellEvent
{
private string fieldname;
private string cap;
public DynamicCheckbox(string name, String caption)
{
fieldname = name;
cap = caption;
}
public void CellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle rectangle, PdfContentByte[] canvases)
{
PdfWriter writer = canvases[0].PdfWriter;
RadioCheckField ckbx = new RadioCheckField(writer, rectangle, fieldname, "Yes");
ckbx.CheckType = RadioCheckField.TYPE_CHECK;
ckbx.Text = cap;
PdfFormField field = ckbx.CheckField;
writer.AddAnnotation(field);
}
}
My problem is that the checkbox's text (the string assigned to ckbx.Text) is not displaying. The checkbox (outsized) occupies the last cell in the table row, but there is no (visible) accompanying text.
What's missing from my code?
Note: I tried to reduce the size of the checkbox by doing this:
Rectangle tangle = new Rectangle(20, 20);
//RadioCheckField ckbx = new RadioCheckField(writer, rectangle, fieldname, "Yes");
RadioCheckField ckbx = new RadioCheckField(writer, tangle, fieldname, "Yes");
...but that attempt failed - with that code, I can't even "find" the checkbox in the generated PDF file - clicking willy-nilly in column 5 conjures up no checkbox...
Others have answered the label part. The Rectangle that you have called "tangle" needs to be calculated off of the rectangle that comes into the event handler, similar to
Rectangle tangle = new Rectangle(
rectangle.Left,
rectangle.Top - PDFStyle.boxsize - 4.5f,
rectangle.Left + PDFStyle.boxsize,
rectangle.Top - 4.5f
);
Where PDFStyle.boxsize is the width/height of the checkbox and 4.5f is the padding the edge of the cell. Basically the rectangle isn't relative to the cell, but absolute to the page.
As described in ISO-32000-1, a check box is a field of type Button. If you define text for a button, you want to define the text that is displayed on the button. However: in the case of a check box, there is no such text! Instead, you have two appearances, one for the Off value and one for the Yes value.
An educated guess made by an attentive reader would be that you don't want to add text (to the button), but that you want to add a label (for a checkbox). Again you should consult ISO-32000-1 and you'll discover that the spec doesn't say anything about labels for check boxes. The concept just doesn't exist at the level of an AcroForm.
This doesn't mean the concept doesn't exist in general. Many PDF tools allow you to define check boxes that are preceded by a label. When you look inside the PDF, you'll discover that this label is just part of the content, whereas the check box is represented by a widget orientation.
Let's take a look at the official documentation instead of frustrating ourselves searching on every place of the web except on the official web site. More specifically: let's take a look at the Buttons example from Chapter 7 of my book. You'll see that one can set text for a real button:
PushbuttonField button = new PushbuttonField(writer, rect, "Buttons");
button.setText("Push me");
This isn't possible with check boxes (for the obvious reason that the appearance of a check box is completely different). If we want to add a label, we can add it for instance like this:
checkbox = new RadioCheckField(writer, rect, LANGUAGES[i], "Yes");
field = checkbox.getCheckField();
field.setAppearance(PdfAnnotation.APPEARANCE_NORMAL, "Off", onOff[0]);
field.setAppearance(PdfAnnotation.APPEARANCE_NORMAL, "Yes", onOff[1]);
writer.addAnnotation(field);
ColumnText.showTextAligned(canvas, Element.ALIGN_LEFT,
new Phrase(LANGUAGES[i], font), 210, 790 - i * 40, 0);
You can find the C# version of these examples here: http://tinyurl.com/itextsharpIIA2C07
Creating a checkbox, and then accompanying text to its right, can be done like this:
PdfPCell cell204Submitted = new PdfPCell()
{
CellEvent = new DynamicCheckbox("checkbox204Submitted")
};
tblFirstRow.AddCell(cell204Submitted);
// . . . Chunks and an anchor created; that code has been elided for brevity
Paragraph parCkbxText = new Paragraph();
parCkbxText.Add(Chunk204SubmittedPreamble);
parCkbxText.Add(ChunkBoldNote);
parCkbxText.Add(Chunk204Midsection);
parCkbxText.Add(anchorPayeeSetup204);
PdfPCell cellCkbxText = new PdfPCell(parCkbxText);
cellCkbxText.BorderWidth = PdfPCell.NO_BORDER;
tblFirstRow.AddCell(cellCkbxText);
public class DynamicCheckbox : IPdfPCellEvent
{
private string fieldname;
public DynamicCheckbox(string name)
{
fieldname = name;
}
public void CellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle rectangle, PdfContentByte[] canvases)
{
PdfWriter writer = canvases[0].PdfWriter;
RadioCheckField ckbx = new RadioCheckField(writer, rectangle, fieldname, "Yes");
ckbx.CheckType = RadioCheckField.TYPE_CHECK;
ckbx.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.ORANGE;
ckbx.FontSize = 6;
ckbx.TextColor = BaseColor.WHITE;
PdfFormField field = ckbx.CheckField;
writer.AddAnnotation(field);
}
}

WPF/Path - geometry consisting of multiple lines with different line width?

I have the need for drawing in the same drawing with lines of different color, thickness etc.
I can create two instances of PathGeometry, but I can't set color on them.
I can create two instances of Path, but can't get them displayed in my control.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any comments!
Anders, Denmark.
Code below only displays "collection" in my control, but I thought it could be a starting point for answers...
var pathFigure1 = new PathFigure(new Point(0, 0),
new List<PathSegment> {new LineSegment(new Point(10, 10), true)}, false);
var pathFigure2 = new PathFigure(new Point(20, 20),
new List<PathSegment> {new LineSegment(new Point(30, 30), true)}, false);
var g1 = new PathGeometry(new List<PathFigure> {pathFigure1});
var g2 = new PathGeometry(new List<PathFigure> {pathFigure2});
var p1 = new System.Windows.Shapes.Path
{
Data = g1,
Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(0, 0, 0))
};
var p2 = new System.Windows.Shapes.Path
{
Data = g2,
Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(170, 87, 170))
};
var content = new Canvas();
content.Children.Add(p1);
content.Children.Add(p2);
Content = content;
You have started on the right approach, a geometry defines a 'shape', so don;t worry that you cannot set its colour. A Path turns the geometry into a visual representation on the screen, so here you can set the color and stroke thickness.
Your problem is at the very last step, you are setting the content property of your control. Typically this property is used to associate some data object with a control, you then supply a template which is its visual representation.
What you need to do is add your paths as children of a panel.
For example, add a Canvas, or a Grid to your control. Then add your two paths to the Grid / Canvas via their Children collection property.

How can I display multiple colored underlined Text in a Textbox

this code underlines all Text in the Textbox, can I underline only specific Text?
Brush brush = Brushes.Blue;
Pen pen = new Pen(brush,2);
TextBox tb1 = new TextBox();
tb1.AcceptsReturn = true;
tb1.Text = "This is a very long Text not?";
TextDecoration textDec = new TextDecoration(TextDecorationLocation.Underline,pen,1,TextDecorationUnit.Pixel,TextDecorationUnit.FontRecommended);
tb1.TextDecorations.Add(textDec);
tb1.Width = 400;
tb1.Height = 30;
this.AddChild(tb1);
The TextBox doesn't provide the ability to alter characteristics for individual characters. It's an all or none control.
The RichTextBox is the control you need.

WPF - Text box that grows vertically to accommodate all text

The problem: I am not getting a textbox setting that will have a horizontally wordwrap and vertically auto grow functionality. I wish to do that by writing a code. I have written following code that creates a text box at mouse dblclick with wordwrap:
TextBox text2 = new TextBox();
text2.Width = 500;
text2.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
text2.Focus();
text2.Height = 30;
text2.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
text2.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
Point p = e.GetPosition(LayoutRoot);
text2.Margin = new Thickness(p.X, p.Y, 0, 0);
LayoutRoot.Children.Add(text2);
But, textbox does not grow vertically.
Can somebody suggest me a code in C# to do exactly what I desire?
try using this
Grid grid = new Grid();
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition() { Height = GridLength.Auto });
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition());
TextBox textBox = new TextBox() { Width = 100, TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap };
textBox.SetValue(Grid.RowProperty, 0);
grid.Children.Add(textBox);
window.Content = grid;
where window is the Name assigned to Window(root).
One way to accomplish the growth you're looking for is to use a string measuring mechanism which you would run any time the text in your text box changes. Simply measure and resize your text box accordingly with any change to the contents.
Have you tried this?
text2.Height = double.NaN; // or don't set the property, but some custom styles might give a default value ..
text2.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap;
text2.MinHeight = 30; // or not if you want the styles default
instead of
text2.Height = 30;
not setting it or using double.NaN is the same as using 'Auto' in xaml.

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