Description

An instance of the View class represents a part of a document for which an image can be generated. The part is defined through the view's location and size. It can be obtained through the ServerVisualization.TextViewGenerator.View, ServerVisualization.RulerBarViewGenerator.View, ServerVisualization.StatusBarViewGenerator.View and ServerVisualization.DialogViewGenerator.View properties.

Syntax

public class View : MarshalByRefObject

Public Class View
    Inherits MarshalByRefObject

Examples

The following example includes the location value from a View object in application diagnostics. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

Console.WriteLine($"Location: {view.Location}");
Console.WriteLine("View is ready for use.");

Console.WriteLine($"Location: {view.Location}")
Console.WriteLine("View is ready for use.")

Members

Properties

Property	Description
Location	Gets or sets the view's location, in twips.
ScrollPadding	This property gets the minimum amout of the visible page background. In the PageView view mode a TextControl displays pages with a border and a background outside of the pages.
Size	Gets or sets the view's size, in twips.
ZoomFactor	Gets or sets the zoom factor, in percent, with which the View object generates the image.

Methods

Method	Description
GetCursorKind	Returns the cursor kind for a certain location in a document.
GetImage	Gets a part of a document as an image.
GetUpdateRectangle	Returns the coordinates of the smallest rectangle that completely encloses the update region. When the document's visible part changes, a Changed event occurs and the changed part is added to the view's update region. The bValidate parameter can be used to reset the current update region to an empty rectangle. When the document's visible part changes because the document has been scrolled, the Changed event informs about the changed part, but it is not added to the update region.
OnAutoHScroll	Raises the AutoHScroll event.
OnAutoVScroll	Raises the AutoVScroll event.
OnChanged	Raises the view's Changed event.
OnZoomed	Raises the View's Zoomed event.

Events

Event	Description
AutoHScroll	Occurs when the horizontal location of the view has been changed automatically. This can be happen, if the input position is moved outside of the document part which is defined through the View object. The event handler receives an argument of type EventArgs containing data related to this event.
AutoVScroll	Occurs when the vertical location of the view has been changed automatically. This can be happen, if the input position is moved outside of the document part which is defined through the View object. The event handler receives an argument of type EventArgs containing data related to this event.
Changed	Occurs after the contents of the View object's image have been changed. The event handler receives an argument of type ViewChangedEventArgs containing data related to this event.
Zoomed	Occurs after the View object's zoom factor has been changed. The event handler receives an argument of type EventArgs containing data related to this event.

View Class