Region - ABBYY Documentation

A region is a set of rectangles positioned one under another in such a way that the top line of the lower rectangle is the bottom line of the upper one (so that the rectangles do not overlap).

Constructors

Constructor	Description
`Region Region()`	Creates an empty region.
`Region Region( RectArray rectArray )`	Constructor from a value of type RectArray. Creates a region containing the rectangles from the rectArray array.

Operators

Operator	Description
`Or`	Unites two regions.
`And`	Intersects two regions; or a region and a rectangle. Returns a value of type Region.

Methods

Method	Description
`XCoordinate Left()`	Returns the left boundary of the region. Read-only property.
`YCoordinate top()`	Returns the top boundary of the region. Read-only property.
`XCoordinate Right()`	Returns the right boundary of the region. Read-only property.
`YCoordinate Bottom()`	Returns the bottom boundary of the region. Read-only property.
`Distance Width()`	Returns the width of the region. Read-only property.
`Distance Height()`	Returns the height of the region. Read-only property.
`Area Area()`	Returns the area of the region. Read-only property.
`Void Inflate( Distance xDist, Distance yDist )`	Expands the region by xDist to the right and to the left, and by yDist upwards and downwards.
`Rect Rect()`	Returns a copy of the rectangle circumscribing the region.

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