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Stored procedures
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.
Remark: The angle is calculated counterclockwise from an horizontal line (trigonometric direction).
Example
// Define the characteristics of a Font variable
Font1 is Font
Font1.Name = "Arial"
Font1.Color = LightYellow
Font1.Size = 14
Font1.SizeUnit = unitPoint
Font1.Orientation = 45
// Apply the font to "MyControl"
MyControl.Font = Font1
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:
This font can be used:

Limitations

Orientation is ignored when a font is assigned to a window control.
For example, if the MyFont Font variable has the following characteristics: Size 12, Arial, 45º angle, only the first two characteristics will be taken into account when the values are assigned as follows:
MyControl.Font = MyFont
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 05/26/2022

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