For a complete example on how to use annotation draw and edit designers, refer to <see cref="AnnDesigner"/> This example initializes a new designer to draw text pointer objects.

Visual Basic

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Public Function AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner_AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner(ByVal viewer As RasterImageViewer, ByVal container As AnnContainer) As AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner    ' start a new text pointer draw designer    Dim textPointerDrawDesigner As AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner = New AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner()    Dim textPointer As AnnTextPointerObject = New AnnTextPointerObject()    textPointer.Pen = Nothing    textPointer.Brush = Nothing    textPointer.Font = New AnnFont("Arial", New AnnLength(10, AnnUnit.Point), FontStyle.Regular)    textPointer.EdgeMargin = AnnLength.Empty    textPointer.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center    textPointer.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center    textPointer.PointerPosition = New AnnPoint(800, 800, AnnUnit.Pixel)    textPointer.FixedPointer = True    ' set up the default text to be used    textPointerDrawDesigner.DefaultText = "Leadtools"    ' initialize the rest of the designer    textPointerDrawDesigner.ObjectTemplate = textPointer    textPointerDrawDesigner.Owner = viewer    textPointerDrawDesigner.ClipCursor = True    textPointerDrawDesigner.Container = container    Return textPointerDrawDesigner End Function

C#

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public AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner_AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner(RasterImageViewer viewer, AnnContainer container)  {     // start a new text pointer draw designer     AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner textPointerDrawDesigner = new AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner();     AnnTextPointerObject textPointer = new AnnTextPointerObject();     textPointer.Pen = null;     textPointer.Brush = null;     textPointer.Font = new AnnFont("Arial", new AnnLength(10, AnnUnit.Point), FontStyle.Regular);     textPointer.EdgeMargin = AnnLength.Empty;     textPointer.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;     textPointer.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;     textPointer.PointerPosition = new AnnPoint(800, 800, AnnUnit.Pixel);     textPointer.FixedPointer = true;       // set up the default text to be used     textPointerDrawDesigner.DefaultText = "Leadtools";       // initialize the rest of the designer     textPointerDrawDesigner.ObjectTemplate = textPointer;     textPointerDrawDesigner.Owner = viewer;     textPointerDrawDesigner.ClipCursor = true;     textPointerDrawDesigner.Container = container;       return textPointerDrawDesigner;  }

System.Object
   Leadtools.Annotations.AnnDesigner
      Leadtools.Annotations.AnnDrawDesigner
         Leadtools.Annotations.AnnTextPointerDrawDesigner

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

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