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LoadFromString Method

Summary
Loads an annotation container from the specified xml data.
Syntax
C#
Objective-C
C++/CLI
Python
public AnnContainer LoadFromString( 
   string xmlData, 
   int pageNumber 
) 
-(LTAnnContainer*) loadFromString:(NSString*)xmlData 
                 pageNumber:(int)pageNumber; 
public:  
   AnnContainer^ LoadFromString( 
      String^ xmlData, 
      Int32 pageNumber 
   ) 
def LoadFromString(self,xmlData,pageNumber): 

Parameters

xmlData
String containing the XML data of the annotations to be loaded. This value must not be null.

pageNumber
1-based page number to load.

Return Value

A new AnnContainer object containing all the objects loaded from  xmlData.

Remarks

This method can only load annotations previously saved with the AnnFormat.Annotations format.

If  xmlData contains a container with the same page as  pageNumber, then this page will be loaded. If the value of  pageNumber is 0, the first page is loaded. Otherwise, this method will return null.

The DeserializeOptions property can contain optional options and events to use during loading of annotations data.

For more information, refer to Annotation Files.

Example
C#
using Leadtools.Annotations.Automation; 
using Leadtools.Annotations.Engine; 
using Leadtools.Annotations.Rendering; 
 
public void AnnCodecs_AnnCodecs() 
{ 
   // Create a new annotation container, 8.5 by 11 inches 
   AnnContainer container = new AnnContainer(); 
   // Size must be in annotation units (1/720 of an inch) 
   container.Size = LeadSizeD.Create(8.5 * 720, 11 * 720); 
 
   double inch = 720.0; 
   // Add a red line object, from 1in 1in to 2in 2in 
   AnnPolylineObject lineObj = new AnnPolylineObject(); 
   lineObj.Points.Add(LeadPointD.Create(1 * inch, 1 * inch)); 
   lineObj.Points.Add(LeadPointD.Create(2 * inch, 2 * inch)); 
   lineObj.Stroke = AnnStroke.Create(AnnSolidColorBrush.Create("Red"), LeadLengthD.Create(1)); 
   container.Children.Add(lineObj); 
 
   // Add a blue on yellow rectangle from 3in 3in to 4in 4in 
   AnnRectangleObject rectObj = new AnnRectangleObject(); 
   rectObj.Rect = LeadRectD.Create(3 * inch, 3 * inch, 1 * inch, 1 * inch); 
   rectObj.Stroke = AnnStroke.Create(AnnSolidColorBrush.Create("Blue"), LeadLengthD.Create(1)); 
   rectObj.Fill = AnnSolidColorBrush.Create("Yellow"); 
   container.Children.Add(rectObj); 
 
   // Show the container 
   ShowContainer("Before save", container); 
 
   // Create the codecs object to save and load annotations 
   AnnCodecs codecs = new AnnCodecs(); 
 
   // Save the container 
 
   string destFileName = @"container.xml"; 
   codecs.Save(destFileName, container, AnnFormat.Annotations, 1); 
 
   // delete the container 
   container = null; 
 
   // Show information about the data we just saved 
   AnnCodecsInfo info = codecs.GetInfo(destFileName); 
   string message; 
   if (info.Format == AnnFormat.Annotations) 
   { 
      message = "Version: "; 
      message += info.Version; 
      message += " No. of pages: "; 
      message += info.Pages.Length; 
      message += " page nos: "; 
      for (int i = 0; i < info.Pages.Length; i++) 
      { 
         message += info.Pages[i] + " "; 
      } 
   } 
   else 
   { 
      message = "Invalid annotations data"; 
   } 
 
   Debug.WriteLine(message); 
 
 
   // Show information about the XML data we just saved 
   XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); 
   xmlDoc.Load(destFileName); 
   AnnCodecsInfo infoFromString =  codecs.GetInfoFromString(xmlDoc.OuterXml); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"===================="); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"Get Info From String"); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"Format:  {infoFromString.Format}"); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"Version: {infoFromString.Version}"); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"Pages:   {infoFromString.Pages.Length}"); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"===================="); 
 
   // Load the container we just saved 
   container = codecs.Load(destFileName, 1); 
 
   // Show it 
   ShowContainer("After load", container); 
 
   // delete the container 
   container = null; 
 
   // Load the XML container just saved  
   container = codecs.LoadFromString(xmlDoc.OuterXml, 1); 
 
   // Show it 
   ShowContainer("After load from string", container); 
 
   // Save Active Layer using a Stream output 
   AnnLayer layer = AnnLayer.Create("MyLayer"); 
   container.ActiveLayer = layer; 
   Stream stream = File.Create("StreamActiveLayer.xml"); 
   codecs.SaveLayer(stream, container.ActiveLayer, AnnFormat.Annotations, 1); 
 
   // Save Active Layer using a File output 
   AnnLayer layer2 = AnnLayer.Create("MyLayer2"); 
   container.ActiveLayer = layer2; 
   codecs.SaveLayer("StringActiveLayer.xml", layer2, AnnFormat.Annotations, 1); 
          
   // Save Layer to string 
   AnnLayer layer4 = AnnLayer.Create("MyLayer4"); 
   string stringLayer = codecs.SaveLayerToString(layer4, AnnFormat.Annotations); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"{stringLayer}"); 
 
   // Use SelectionObject, set ActiveLayer, Change Offset, Change PageNumber, and Save to string 
   AnnLayer layer5 = AnnLayer.Create("MyLayer5"); 
   AnnSelectionObject annSelectionObject = container.SelectionObject; 
   annSelectionObject.IsSelected = true; 
   container.ActiveLayer = layer5; 
   container.Offset = new LeadPointD(10, 10); 
   container.PageNumber = 3; 
   string saveToString = codecs.SaveToString(container, AnnFormat.Annotations, 1); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"{saveToString}"); 
 
   //Load from String 
   AnnContainer annContainer = codecs.LoadFromString(saveToString, 1); 
   Debug.WriteLine($"{annContainer.PageNumber}"); 
 
} 
 
private void ShowContainer(String message, AnnContainer container) 
{ 
   string str = message + "\nContainer size: "; 
 
   // Add the size 
   double inch = 720; 
   double width = container.Size.Width / inch; 
   double height = container.Size.Height / inch; 
   str += width + " by " + height + " inches" + "\n"; 
 
   // Add the objects 
   str += "Contains " + container.Children.Count + " objects(s)\n"; 
   for (int i = 0; i < container.Children.Count; i++) 
   { 
      AnnObject annObj = container.Children[i]; 
 
      str += "Object: " + annObj.FriendlyName + " at "; 
      for (int j = 0; j < annObj.Points.Count; j++) 
      { 
         LeadPointD pt = annObj.Points[j]; 
         double x = pt.X / inch; 
         double y = pt.Y / inch; 
         str += "(" + x + ", " + y + ") "; 
      } 
 
      str += "\n"; 
   } 
 
   Debug.WriteLine(str); 
} 
Requirements

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

AnnCodecs Class

AnnCodecs Members

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