Orientation (Property)

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Orientation (Property)

In french: Angle

The Orientation property is used to:

Get the angle (in degrees) of a Font variable.
Modify the angle (in degrees) of a Font variable.

Note The angle is calculated from a horizontal line running counter-clockwise (trigonometrically).

Example

// Définir les caractéristiques d'une variable de type Police
Police1 is Font
Police1.Name = "Arial"
Police1.Color = LightYellow
Police1.Size = 14
Police1.SizeUnit = unitPoint
Police1.Orientation = 45
// Appliquer la police au champ "MonChamp"
MyControl.Police = Police1

Syntax

Getting the angle of a Font variable Hide the details

<Result> = <Font name>.Orientation

<Result>: Integer

Angle (in degrees) of the specified Font variable.

<Font name>: Font

Name of the Font variable to be used.

Modifying the angle of a Font variable Hide the details

<Font name>.Orientation = <New angle>

<Font name>: Font

Name of the Font variable to be used.

<New angle>: Integer

New angle (in degrees) for the specified Font variable.

Remarks

Font variable

A font can be created from a Font variable.

To define the font characteristics, use:

the FontCreate function.
the Charset, Orientation, StrikeOut, Color, Bold, Italic, CharacterSpacing, LineSpacing, Name, Underline, Size and SizeUnit properties.

This font can be used:

To write text in drawings (dFont).
To write in charts (grLabelFont, grLegendFont, grTitleFont and grAxisTitleFont).
To print (iFont).
In the controls of a window (Font property).
In the controls of a report (Font property).

Limitations

Orientation is ignored when a font is assigned to a window control.

For example, if the variable of type Police MyFont has the following characteristics: Size 12, Arial, Angle 45, only the first two characteristics will be taken into account when assigning it as follows:

MyControl.Police = MaPolice