Sample 2. Step 24: Create a CookingDescription block

Assemble the cooking instructions block from a FlexiLayout language expression that joins element rectangles into a non-rectangular OutputRegion.

Create the CookingInstructions block to combine the cooking instructions and the number of servings into a single output region.

1. Open the FlexiLayout tab

   Click the FlexiLayout tab in the FlexiLayout Studio main window.

2. Select the Blocks object

   Select the Blocks object in the FlexiLayout tree.

3. Add a text block

   Select Blocks → Add Block → Text in the FlexiLayout menu or the shortcut menu.

4. Name the block

   In the Properties dialog box, enter the block name CookingInstructions in the Name field.

5. Set the location method

   Select Expression to describe the block location.

6. Enter the block expression

   Describe the block location so that it includes only the cooking instructions and the number of servings, and excludes unwanted text (any text that may precede the word Serves). Describe the block as a collection of rectangles around the CookingDescription, Serves, and Servings elements. This method lets you specify non-rectangular regions.

   In the FlexiLayout language, write this:

   RectArray outputRectArray;
   //initializing the variable with the help of an empty constructor
   outputRectArray = RectArray();
   //adding the rectangles of the hypotheses of three elements
   outputRectArray.Add ( SearchElements.Cooking.Description.CookingInstructions.Rect );
   outputRectArray.Add( SearchElements.Cooking.Description.Serves.Rect );
   outputRectArray.Add( SearchElements.Cooking.Description.Servings.Rect );
   OutputRegion = Region( outputRectArray );