For a complete example on how to use annotation draw and edit designers, refer to AnnDesigner This example initializes a new designer to draw text objects.

Visual Basic

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Public Function AnnTextDrawDesigner_AnnTextDrawDesigner(ByVal viewer As BitmapSourceViewer, ByVal container As AnnContainer) As AnnTextDrawDesigner   ' start a new text draw designer   Dim textDrawDesigner As AnnTextDrawDesigner = New AnnTextDrawDesigner(container)   ' set up the object template (the text object)   Dim textObject As AnnTextObject = New AnnTextObject()   textObject.Stroke = Nothing   textObject.Fill = Nothing   textObject.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial")   textObject.FontSize = 10.0   textObject.TextEdgeMargin = 0.0     textObject.TextHorizontalAlignment = AnnTextAlignment.Center     textObject.TextVerticalAlignment = AnnTextAlignment.Center   ' set up the default text to be used   textDrawDesigner.DefaultText = "Leadtools"   ' initialize the rest of the designer   textDrawDesigner.ObjectTemplate = textObject   textDrawDesigner.IsClipCursor = True   Return textDrawDesigner End Function

C#

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public AnnTextDrawDesigner AnnTextDrawDesigner_AnnTextDrawDesigner(BitmapSourceViewer viewer, AnnContainer container)  {     // start a new text draw designer     AnnTextDrawDesigner textDrawDesigner = new AnnTextDrawDesigner(container);     // set up the object template (the text object)     AnnTextObject textObject = new AnnTextObject();     textObject.Stroke = null;     textObject.Fill = null;     textObject.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial");     textObject.FontSize = 10.0;     textObject.TextEdgeMargin = 0.0;     textObject.TextHorizontalAlignment = AnnTextAlignment.Center;     textObject.TextVerticalAlignment = AnnTextAlignment.Center;       // set up the default text to be used     textDrawDesigner.DefaultText = "Leadtools";       // initialize the rest of the designer     textDrawDesigner.ObjectTemplate = textObject;     textDrawDesigner.IsClipCursor = true;       return textDrawDesigner;  }

System.Object
   System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
      System.Windows.DependencyObject
         System.Windows.Media.Visual
            System.Windows.UIElement
               System.Windows.FrameworkElement
                  System.Windows.Documents.Adorner
                     Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnDesigner
                        Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnDrawDesigner
                           Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnRectangleDrawDesigner
                              Leadtools.Windows.Annotations.AnnTextDrawDesigner

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003 family

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