WriteElementsToString Method

using Leadtools.Annotations.Engine; 
using Leadtools.Annotations.BatesStamp; 
 
 
public void AnnBatesStampTranslator_AnnBatesStampTranslator() 
{ 
	//Create Bates stamp translator instance 
	AnnBatesStampTranslator translator = new AnnBatesStampTranslator(); 
 
	//Create some Bates stamp elements to test on translator 
	AnnBatesDateTime batesDateTime = new AnnBatesDateTime(); 
	batesDateTime.CurrentDateTime = DateTime.Now; 
 
	AnnBatesNumber batesNumber = new AnnBatesNumber(); 
	batesNumber.AutoIncrement = true; 
	batesNumber.StartNumber = 3; 
	batesNumber.NumberOfDigits = 9; 
	batesNumber.PrefixText = "beforeText"; 
	batesNumber.SuffixText = "afterText"; 
	batesNumber.UseAllDigits = true; 
 
	AnnBatesText batesText = AnnBatesText.Create("This is test"); 
 
	string elementsExpression = translator.WriteElementsToString(new IAnnBatesElement[] { batesDateTime, batesNumber, batesText }); 
 
	//Print the expression  
	Debug.WriteLine(elementsExpression); // the output will be "{{BatesDateTime*Local*}}{{BatesNumber*9*1*3*1*beforeText*afterText}}This is test" 
 
	//Load the Bates stamp elements from the expression again 
	IAnnBatesElement[] elements = translator.ReadFromString(elementsExpression); 
 
	//Print the count of loaded elements to make sure the load is correct 
	Debug.WriteLine(elements.Length); // the output will be "3" 
}