3.4 Draw Frame with Background Pattern

The DrawFrameAndBackgroundWaterMark method draws a frame around the example area with background water mark pattern. The pattern resource was define in the previous subsection.

// Draw frame around example area
private void DrawFrameAndBackgroundWaterMark()
{
    // save graphics state
    Contents.SaveGraphicsState();

    // Draw frame around the page
    // Set line width to 0.02"
    Contents.SetLineWidth(0.02);

    // set frame color dark blue
    Contents.SetColorStroking(Color.DarkBlue);

    // use water mark tiling pattern to fill the frame
    Contents.SetPatternNonStroking(WaterMark);

    // rectangle position: x=1.0", y=1.0", width=6.5", height=9.0"
    Contents.DrawRectangle(1.0, 1.0, 6.5, 9.0, PaintOp.CloseFillStroke);

    // restore graphics sate
    Contents.RestoreGraphicsState();

    // draw article name under the frame
    // Note: the \u00a4 is character 164 that was substituted during Font resource definition
    // this character is a solid circle it is normally Unicode 9679 or \u25cf in the Arial family
    Contents.DrawText(ArialNormal, 9.0, 1.1, 0.85, "PdfFileWriter \u25cf PDF File Writer C# Class Library \u25cf Author: Uzi Granot");

    // draw web link to the article
    Contents.DrawWebLink(Page, ArialNormal, 9.0, 7.4, 0.85, TextJustify.Right,
    DrawStyle.Underline, Color.Blue, "Click to view article", ArticleLink);

    return;
}