Class PDFViewCtrl.Selection

Selection is a utility class that allows access to PDFViewCtrl's current selection.

Inheritance

System.Object

PDFViewCtrl.Selection

Implements

System.IDisposable

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: pdftron.PDF

Assembly: PDFNet.dll

Syntax

public class Selection : IDisposable

Methods

Dispose()

Releases all resources used by the Selection

Declaration

public override sealed void Dispose()

Dispose(Boolean)

Declaration

[HandleProcessCorruptedStateExceptions]
protected virtual void Dispose(bool A_0)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	A_0

Finalize()

Declaration

protected void Finalize()

GetAsHtml()

Gets the current text selection in HTML format. HTML text will contain styling information such as text color, font size, style etc.

Declaration

public string GetAsHtml()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	the current text selection in HTML format.

Remarks

this function can be used to implement clipboard copy and paste that preserves text formating.

GetAsUnicode()

Gets the current text selection represented as an Unicode string.

Declaration

public string GetAsUnicode()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	the current text selection represented as an Unicode string.

GetPageNum()

Gets the page number containing the selected text.

Declaration

public int GetPageNum()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	the page number containing the selected text.

GetQuads()

Gets the list of tight bounding quads in the current text selection.

Declaration

public double[] GetQuads()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Double[]	an array of vertices representing a list of bounding quads for the selected text. Each bounding quad is represented using 8 numbers in an array of doubles. Each two consecutive values represent the x and y coordinates of a quad vertex and the four vertices are arranged counter-clockwisely. Note that the first vertex is not guaranteed to be the lower-left vertex.

Remarks

the 'quads' array is owned by the current selection and does not need to be explicitly released.

Implements

System.IDisposable