Euro sign culture setting in PdfDocument

[Vince]

Hi,

In my app I use PdfGrid's to show text in a pdf file. In the cells I also must add text with a culture currency like:

            var pdfGridParagraph3 = new Syncfusion.Pdf.Grid.PdfGrid();

            pdfGridParagraph3.Columns.Add(1);

            pdfGridParagraph3.Columns[0].Width = 200;

            var pdfGridRowParagraph3Details1 = pdfGridParagraph3.Rows.Add();

            pdfGridRowParagraph3Details1.Cells[0].Value = "€ 200.000";

Unfortunetly the Euro sign is not visible in the created pdf file.

Do you have a solution?

[Karthikeyan Chandrasekar]

Hi Vince, 

By default PdfGrid uses Standard Font to draw the text in the PDF document. As Euro is a Unicode character we have to use True Type font to get this supported. Please use the below code snippet to get this issue resolved. 

Stream fontStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Sample.Assets.Arial.ttf"); 

pdfGridParagraph3.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(fontStream, 14); 

Note: The TTF file should be placed in the Xamarin application. 

Reference: https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-text?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=xamarin#draw-text-using-truetype-fonts  

Revert me back if you need further assistance in this. 

Regards, 

Karthikeyan  

[Vince]

Hallo Karthikeyan,

I saw this code snipped before but was not able to implement it.

Do you have a working example for Xamarin Android?

Best regards,

Vince

[Karthikeyan Chandrasekar]

Hi Vince, 

Please find the simple sample below. 

Sample link:  http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/140836/ze/Euro_Symbol911135344 

Regards, 

Karthikeyan  

[Vince]

Hallo KarthikeyanC,

I see that I was missing the reference "using System.Reflection;" in my app. 

But still it is not working because your code line "Stream fontStream = typeof(MainActivity).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("GettingstartedAndroid.Assets.Arial.TTF");" returns the next error:

Unhandled Exception:

System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.

Parameter name: fontStream

Do you know what is going wrong?

Best regards,

Vince

p.s. the file "Arial.TTF" is available in the map Assets of my app.

[Karthikeyan Chandrasekar]

Hi Vince, 

Thank you for your update. 

We are suspecting the font file (arial.ttf) build action is not set as Embedded Resource. So, the font stream becomes null and the null reference exception throws when try to accessing. 

Kindly check, step 7 from below KB to mark the font file as Embedded Resource. 

KB link : https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/9691/how-to-draw-unicode-characters-in-a-pdf-in-xamarin 

Please try our suggestion and let us know If you need further assistance in this. 

Regards, 

Karthikeyan  

[Vince]

Hi KarthikeyanC,

I changed the Build Action of the file Arial.ttf to Embedded Resource as you mentioned. Unfortunetly the error (null reference for fontStream) is still there.

Do you have another tip?

[Karthikeyan Chandrasekar]

Hi Vince, 

Thank you for your update. 

Can you please confirm, is the sample which we have provided on November 12, 2018 10:29 AM UTC in the forum is it working fine in your end?. The stream for the Arial.ttf font file can be retrieved using below code snippet. 

 

Stream fontStream = typeof(MainActivity).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("GettingstartedAndroid.Assets.Arial.ttf"); 

 

 

 

Please find the font file path of GetManifestResourceStream parameter 

GettingstartedAndroid  - Name of the sample 

Assets                            - Folder name 

Arial.ttf                          - Font file name 

 

 

Make sure the GetManifestResourceStream parameter set properly. 

Regards, 

Karthikeyan 

[Vince]

Hi KarthikeyanC,

Unfortunetly not. 

The GetManifestResourceStream is set with the correct namespace although it is already available in my class.

I also can not run your sample because I get an error (not enough memmory available).

So I still have no Euro sign in my pdf report.

Best regards,

Vince.

[Karthikeyan Chandrasekar]

Hi Vince, 

We have created a new incident for further followup in this issue, can we have a web meeting to address this issue. Please follow the incident which is created under your account to get further information. 

https://www.syncfusion.com/support/directtrac/incidents 

Regards,