PDFSharedText is one of the PDF Builder objects, and is derived from PDFVisibleContent. PDFSharedText is only for use with PDFMultilineText and PDFRichText objects, for adding the overflow text into a new page.
To view the full hierarchy of the PDF Builder objects, find "pdfobject" in the Browser, right-click the object, and then select "Show Hierarchy” in the pop-up menu.
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PDFSharedText is the object returned from the PDFMultilineText/PDFRichText GetOverflowPageText function, and can only be passed to the PDFPage AddContent function. The object does not support any other operations.
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If the PDFMultilineText/PDFRichText object is not added into a PDFPage or is removed from the PDFPage, executing GetOverflowPageText on the object always returns null.
PDFSharedText provides the following property. In addition, it inherits the properties from its parent, PDFVisibleContent.
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PDFObject property |
Datatype |
Description |
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ClassDefinition |
PowerObject |
An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control. |
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PDFObject event |
Occurs |
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Immediately before the Open event occurs in the window. |
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Immediately after the Close event occurs in the window. |
PDFSharedText provides the following functions. In addition, it inherits the functions from its parent, PDFVisibleContent.
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PDFObject function |
Datatype returned |
Description |
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String |
Returns the name assigned to the control. |
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Integer |
Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service. |
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PowerObject |
Returns a reference to the name of the parent object. |
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Boolean |
Adds an event to the end of the message queue for the control. |
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Integer |
Triggers a specified event in the control and executes the script for the event. |
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Object |
Returns the type of the control. |
