PDFsharp & MigraDoc Foundation

In using XTextFormatter or XGraphics, I can't get "\n" to cause a linebreak with DrawString. The "\n" just displays as part of the text. Are there other ways to try?

Also, if I have a Xrect box, is just one Drawstring allowed or is there a way to have more than one DrawString position text in the same Xrect box.

thanks
mark

Hi!
You don't show any code. "\n" will not work when you prefix the string with "@".
XGraphics no longer supports "\n" as of PDFsharp 1.50. It should work with XTextFormatter.

You can draw multiple texts at the same or at overlapping positions.

See also:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=832

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Best regards
Thomas
(Freelance Software Developer with several years of MigraDoc/PDFsharp experience)

Thanks Thomas... after serving my time in the corner.

PdfSharp-WPF-1.50-NuGet

Code:
Dim PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
Dim PdfPage = PdfDocument.AddPage()
Dim gfx = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(PdfPage)
Dim font = New XFont("Times New Roman", 10, XFontStyle.Bold)
Dim Brush = XBrushes.Purple
Dim tf = New XTextFormatter(gfx)
Dim rect = New XRect(40, 50, 250, 160)
' Dim pdfrect = New PdfRectangle(rect)
PdfDocument.PageLayout = PdfPageLayout.SinglePage
tf.Alignment = XParagraphAlignment.Right
gfx.DrawRectangle(XBrushes.LightGray, rect)
' PdfPage.AddWebLink(pdfrect, "www.greencrazy.com\images\tbe1234.jpg")
tf.DrawString("test of \n linebreak.", font, Brush, rect, XStringFormats.TopLeft)
PdfDocument.Save("test_linebreak.pdf")
Process.Start("test_linebreak.pdf")

This just displays \n as part of sentence. Have tried several variations.

Additional question... can a hyperlink be added in the drawstring text with PDFsharp?

Thanks
Mark

Have you tried C#, too?
"\n" is the notation for the C# compiler.

With VB you have try something like this:
"This is the contents of the annotation." & vbCr & "This is the 2nd line."
Or this (this is "\n" in VB notation):
"This is the contents of the annotation." & vbLf & "This is the 2nd line."
Or this:
"This is the contents of the annotation." & vbCrLf & "This is the 2nd line."

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Best regards
Thomas
(Freelance Software Developer with several years of MigraDoc/PDFsharp experience)

I thought I had tried the VbCr.. and didn't now that \n was c only... sheesh.. learning.

Anyway VbCr works... thanks for your patience.