Creates a paragraph of text.

syntaxSyntax:
DlxLayer.DrawParagraph(rect, text)

Parameters

Parameter Description
rect A DlxRect object that specifies the paragraph rectangle.
text The text string. To insert overlined characters in the text, they must be delimited with the '|' character.

Return Value

The last newly created DlxParagraph object. Call the IsValid() method to determine if the object was created correctly.

Example

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var prj = DlxApp.GetJob().GetProject("Example Sch");
if (!prj.IsValid())
  prj = DlxApp.GetJob().NewProject("Example Sch");
var doc = prj.GetDocument("Examples Sch", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_SCHEMATIC);
if (!doc.IsValid())
{
  doc = prj.NewDocument("Examples Sch", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_SCHEMATIC);
  doc.SetPageFormat("A4", false);
}
if (doc.IsValid() && doc.Activate())
{
  var page = doc.GetActivePage();
  if (page.IsValid())
  {
    var layer = page.GetLayerFromType(DlxApp.LAYERTYPE_DRAWING);
    if (layer.IsValid())
    {
      var rect = new DlxRect(50,40,120,90);
      layer.DrawParagraph(rect, "Hello, World.");
    }
  }
}

See also