Text background color

The following example shows how to set a background color for inline text using a TextStyle.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            TextStyle yellowBg = new TextStyle("YellowBg");
            yellowBg.BackgroundColor = "#FFFF00";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(yellowBg);

            TextStyle cyanBg = new TextStyle("CyanBg");
            cyanBg.BackgroundColor = "#00FFFF";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(cyanBg);

            AttributedText highlighted = new AttributedText();
            highlighted.Add("Highlighted text");
            highlighted.Style = "YellowBg";

            AttributedText cyanText = new AttributedText();
            cyanText.Add("Cyan background");
            cyanText.Style = "CyanBg";

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add(highlighted);
            p1.Add(" and ");
            p1.Add(cyanText);
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim yellowBg As New TextStyle("YellowBg")
        yellowBg.BackgroundColor = "#FFFF00"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(yellowBg)

        Dim cyanBg As New TextStyle("CyanBg")
        cyanBg.BackgroundColor = "#00FFFF"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(cyanBg)

        Dim highlighted As New AttributedText
        highlighted.Add("Highlighted text")
        highlighted.Style = "YellowBg"

        Dim cyanText As New AttributedText
        cyanText.Add("Cyan background")
        cyanText.Style = "CyanBg"

        Dim p1 As New Paragraph
        p1.Add(highlighted)
        p1.Add(" and ")
        p1.Add(cyanText)
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)
    End Sub
End Module

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