# Sample Code: Getting the Page Content Rectangle

> The Page class in TX Text Control returns TextBounds covering the full printable area, not just the region containing actual content. This C# method calculates the true content rectangle by combining the page text bounds origin with the bottom coordinate of the last line.

- **Author:** Bjoern Meyer
- **Published:** 2010-09-09
- **Modified:** 2026-03-05
- **Description:** The Page class in TX Text Control returns TextBounds covering the full printable area, not just the region containing actual content. This C# method calculates the true content rectangle by combining the page text bounds origin with the bottom coordinate of the last line.
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![Page Content](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2010/09/09/a/assets/page_content.webp "Page Content")I have just found this code snippet that was provided by our support department to help a user to get a text rectangle of a specific page.

Using TX Text Control's [Page](https://docs.textcontrol.com/textcontrol/windows-forms/ref.txtextcontrol.page.class.htm) class, you can get the page bounds and the text bounds. This, however, is a rectangle of possible text on a page and not the text that has been added to the page. Thankfully, getting the value we want is pretty easy.

The following function returns the actual text of a specific page:

```
// [C#]
private Rectangle GetPageContentRect(int Page)
{
    Graphics g = textControl1.CreateGraphics();
    int dpiX = (int)(1440 / g.DpiX);

    TXTextControl.Page page = textControl1.GetPages()[Page];
    TXTextControl.Line lastLine = textControl1.Lines.GetItem(page.Start +
                                    page.Length - 2);

    Rectangle rRect = new Rectangle(page.TextBounds.X / dpiX,
                                    page.TextBounds.Y / dpiX,
                                    page.TextBounds.Width / dpiX,
                                    lastLine.TextBounds.Bottom / dpiX -
                                        page.TextBounds.Top / dpiX);

    return rRect;
}
```

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