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Example
The PlaceText transaction places a text object in the specified document window, on the current page's active edit layer.
Type XTYP_EXECUTE
Syntax [PlaceText(docwinID, unitType, x, y, "text", <color>, <style>, <size>, <units>, <"fontName">, <angle>, <fillStyle>)]
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Parameter |
Data type |
Values |
Meaning |
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docwinID |
DWORD |
0 | docwinID |
active | specific |
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unitType |
WORD |
0 |
proportional units |
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x, y |
DWORD |
0 to 100000 each |
top-left coordinates of text. See Remarks. |
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text |
text to place | ||
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color |
WORD |
text color | |
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style |
WORD |
0 |
normal |
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1 |
bold |
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2 |
italic |
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4 |
underline |
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8 |
strikeout |
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(can be ORed) |
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size |
float |
height of text | |
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units |
WORD |
1 | 2 |
inches | cm |
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fontName |
string |
Windows font name | |
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angle |
WORD |
0 | 90 | 180 | 270 |
angle in degrees |
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fillStyle |
WORD |
1 |
transparent text |
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2 |
opaque text |
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3 |
erase (background color) text |
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4 |
translucent text |
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5 |
hatch-filled text. |
Remarks
The last seven parameters (color, . . ., fillStyle) are optional. If any of these are left blank, then the default attribute values will be used.
For the text to be visible, you must redraw the display by using the Refresh transaction or the View, Refresh command in the user interface.
Release information
Added in Release 3.70.
Modified in Release 5.13: The optional fillStyle parameter was added.
See also