MultiColumnText.vb
'' 完毕:
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing
Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf
Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Text
'' 创建简单的 3 列文本布局。
'' 稍微复杂但实际上更有用的方法
'' 要呈现列中的文本,请参阅BalancedColumns。
Public Class MultiColumnText
Function CreatePDF(ByVal stream As Stream) As Integer
Dim doc = New GcPdfDocument()
Dim g = doc.NewPage().Graphics
Dim tl = g.CreateTextLayout()
tl.DefaultFormat.Font = StandardFonts.Times
tl.DefaultFormat.FontSize = 12
tl.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Justified
tl.FirstLineIndent = 72 / 2
tl.ParagraphSpacing = 72 / 8
'' 添加一些文本(请注意,TextLayout 将“\r\n”解释为段落分隔符):
tl.Append(Util.LoremIpsum(20))
'' 设置栏目:
Const colCount = 3
'' 周围 1/2" 边距:
Const margin = 72.0F / 2
'' 列间 1/4" 间隙:
Const colGap = margin / 4
Dim colWidth = (doc.Pages.Last.Size.Width - margin * 2) / colCount - colGap * (colCount - 1)
tl.MaxWidth = colWidth
tl.MaxHeight = doc.Pages.Last.Size.Height - margin * 2
'' 计算字形并对整个文本进行布局:
tl.PerformLayout(True)
'' 在循环中,拆分并渲染当前列中的文本:
Dim col = 0
While True
'' 'rest' 将接受不适合的文本:
Dim rest As TextLayout = Nothing
Dim splitResult = tl.Split(Nothing, rest)
g.DrawTextLayout(tl, New PointF(margin + col * (colWidth + colGap), margin))
If splitResult <> SplitResult.Split Then
Exit While
End If
tl = rest
col += 1
If col = colCount Then
doc.Pages.Add()
g = doc.Pages.Last.Graphics
col = 0
End If
End While
''
'' 完毕:
doc.Save(stream)
Return doc.Pages.Count
End Function
End Class