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# Page.TextRect Method (console safe)

Draws a text within given rectangle.

TextRect(
text as String,
left as Single,
top as Single,
right as Single,
bottom as Single,
alignment as Page.TextAlignmentEnum,
ByRef length as Integer)

#### Parameters

text
  The text to draw.
left
  Left coordinate of the rectangle
top
  Top coordinate of the rectangle (remember in PDF then y starts from bottom)
right
  Right coordinate of the rectangle
bottom
  Bottom coordinate of the rectangle (remember in PDF then y starts from bottom so bottom would be lower number than top)
alignment
  Alignment of the text within the rectangle. This can be any value of the constants defined in Page.TextAlignmentEnum.
length (ByRef parameter)
  This ByRef variable will return number of letters drawn in the rectangle.

#### Remarks

GraphicsMode must be TEXT_OBJECT when calling this method.
Example:

if myFont <> nil then
myPage.BeginText()
myPage.SetFont(myFont,40)
myPage.TextRect("Einhugur PDF export", 10,800, myPage.Width - 10,750, Page.TextAlignmentEnum.CENTER,outLength)
myPage.EndText()
end if

#### See Also

Page Class