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DS.Documents.Imaging Assembly / GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.Composition Namespace / Surface Class
Properties Methods

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    Surface Class Members
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    The following tables list the members exposed by Surface.

    Public Constructors
     NameDescription
    Public ConstructorSurface ConstructorInitializes a new instance of the Surface object with a GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.LayoutHost.  
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    Public Properties
     NameDescription
    Public PropertyBaseTransformGets the transformation matrix of the GrapeCity.Documents.Drawing.GcGraphics object when it was passed to the Render method.

    Returns an identity matrix when checked outside of the Render method.

     
    Public PropertyBottomLayerGets the view that appears below all other views on this Surface.  
    Public PropertyLayoutHostGets the associated GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.LayoutHost object.  
    Public PropertyNameGets or sets the name of the Surface.  
    Public PropertyTagGets or sets an object that contains arbitrary data associated with this surface.  
    Public PropertyThrowIfNotFitGets or sets a value indicating whether a GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.LayoutException should be thrown if the width or height of some GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.LayoutRects becomes negative.

    The default is true.

     
    Public PropertyTopLayerGets the view that appears above all other views on this Surface.  
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    Public Methods
     NameDescription
    Public MethodCreateViewOverloaded. Creates a View object that encapsulates a GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.LayoutView and adds it as the top layer.  
    Public MethodGetViewsReturns the array of views on this Surface.  
    Public MethodPerformLayoutRecalculates the layout of all Visual and Space objects on this Surface.  
    Public MethodRenderDraws this Surface on a specified GrapeCity.Documents.Drawing.GcGraphics object.

    This method first calls PerformLayout, if the call succeeds it then draws all layers starting with the bottom layer and going up. For each layer, it draws all visuals from the bottom to the top one, followed by drawing the layer's sub-layers. The process repeats until the topmost visual of the top layer has been drawn.

     
    Public MethodToStringReturns a string that represents the current Surface.  
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    Reference

    Surface Class
    GrapeCity.Documents.Layout.Composition Namespace