How to: Add a Watermark to a Document
- Nov 13, 2018
- 2 min to read
This example demonstrates how a watermark can be added to a printing system document. The SetTextWatermark method demonstrates the properties which are useful when a text watermark is added to a document, while the SetPictureWatermark method demonstrates the properties required to set a picture as the document's watermark.
using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing;
// ...
public void SetTextWatermark(PrintingSystem ps){
// Create the text watermark.
Watermark textWatermark = new Watermark();
// Set watermark options.
textWatermark.Text = "CUSTOM WATERMARK TEXT";
textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal;
textWatermark.Font = new Font(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40);
textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue;
textWatermark.TextTransparency = 150;
textWatermark.ShowBehind = false;
textWatermark.PageRange = "1,3-5";
// Set the watermark to a document.
ps.Watermark.CopyFrom(textWatermark);
}
public void SetPictureWatermark(PrintingSystem ps){
// Create the picture watermark.
Watermark pictureWatermark = new Watermark();
// Set watermark options.
pictureWatermark.Image = Bitmap.FromFile("watermark.gif");
pictureWatermark.ImageAlign = ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
pictureWatermark.ImageTiling = false;
pictureWatermark.ImageViewMode = ImageViewMode.Stretch;
pictureWatermark.ImageTransparency = 150;
pictureWatermark.ShowBehind = true;
pictureWatermark.PageRange = "2,4";
// Set the watermark to a document.
ps.Watermark.CopyFrom(pictureWatermark);
}
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