GrapeCity.Documents.Excel.Drawing.IFillFormat.UserTextured

UserTextured Method

UserTextured(string)

Fills the specified shape with small tiles of an image.

Use this method to apply a texture fill from an image file. The image is tiled across the shape instead of being stretched as a single picture.

Declaration

void UserTextured(string fileName)

Sub UserTextured(fileName As String)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	fileName	The name of the picture file.

Examples

IShape shape = worksheet.Shapes.AddShape(AutoShapeType.Rectangle, 20, 20, 100, 60);
IFillFormat fillFormat = shape.Fill;
string imagePath = CreateSampleImageFile();
try
{
    fillFormat.UserTextured(imagePath);
}
finally
{
    if (File.Exists(imagePath))
    {
        File.Delete(imagePath);
    }
}

Exceptions

Type	Condition
IOException	if the picture file cannot be read.

UserTextured(Stream, ImageType)

Fills the specified shape with small tiles of an image.

Use this method to apply a texture fill from an image stream. The type parameter specifies the ImageType of the image data in the stream.

Declaration

void UserTextured(Stream stream, ImageType type)

Sub UserTextured(stream As Stream, type As ImageType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Stream	stream	The stream of the picture file.
ImageType	type	The ImageType of the stream.

Examples

IShape shape = worksheet.Shapes.AddShape(AutoShapeType.Rectangle, 20, 20, 100, 60);
IFillFormat fillFormat = shape.Fill;
using (MemoryStream stream = CreateSampleImageStream())
{
    fillFormat.UserTextured(stream, ImageType.PNG);
}