Printing Right-To-Left in c#

Question

According to msdn: http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/msdn/arabicsupp.aspx

How GDI+ Support Arabic?

GDI+ supports Arabic text manipul

Answer 1

You could make a very simple coordinate transformation:

public static class CoordinateConverter
{
    public static RectangleF Convert(RectangleF source, RectangleF drawArea)
    {
        // I assume drawArea.X to be 0
        return new RectangleF(
            drawArea.Width - source.X - source.Width,
            source.Y,
            source.Width,
            source.Height);
    }

    public static RectangleF ConvertBack(Rectangle source, RectangleF drawArea)
    {
       return new RectangleF(
           source.X + source.Width - drawArea.Width,
           source.Y,
           source.Width,
           source.Height);
    }
}

Now every time you want something texty to be drawn, you can use this converter to change the coordinates. Of course you could also ref a rectangle so you don't create new ones all the time. But the principle stays the same. I hope I understood your question correctly.

Answer 2

Use StringFormatFlags.DirectionRightToLeft, like this:

StringFormat format = new StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.DirectionRightToLeft);
e.Graphics.DrawString("سلام",
                this.Font,
                new SolidBrush(Color.Red),
                r1,
                format);