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SaveLayer(AnnLayer,AnnFormat,String) Method

Summary
Saves an annotation layer to a file.
Syntax
Java
public String saveLayer(AnnLayer layer, AnnFormat format, String fileName); 

Parameters

layer
The AnnLayer to be saved. This value must not be null.

format
Must be AnnFormat.Annotations.

fileName
Destination file name to save the data to.

Remarks

This method works the same and produces the same annotation file format as AnnCodecs.Save(string fileName, AnnContainer container, AnnFormat format, int pageSaveNumber) does, except that it saves only the objects inside the individual layer specified instead of all the objects in the container.

Note that "load layer" functionality is not required by AnnCodecs. An AnnLayer cannot exist by itself without an annotation container, hence any of the load functions that accept a container parameter can be used to load the file saved by this function.

If the  fileName is not a new file, then it must contain valid LEADTOOLS Annotations data previously saved.

If  fileName is a new file, then this method creates new LEADTOOLS Annotations data and saves it.

LEADTOOLS supports saving multiple containers in the same file, each having a unique page number. Use Load with a page number to load the desired page.

The SerializeOptions property can contain options and events to save annotation 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); 
} 
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