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GetTextOrientation

Description

Procedure GetTextOrientation returns the position and orientation attributes of the referenced text object.

PROCEDURE GetTextOrientation(
				theText                     : HANDLE;
				VAR textOriginX,textOriginY : REAL;
				VAR textAng                 : REAL;
				VAR textIsMirrored          : BOOLEAN);
def vs.GetTextOrientation(theText):
    return (textOrigin, textAng, textIsMirrored)

Parameters

Name Type Description
theText HANDLE Handle to text object.
textOrigin REAL Returns coordinates of text origin.
textAng REAL Returns rotation angle of text.
textIsMirrored BOOLEAN Returns mirror state of text.

Examples

==== VectorScript ====

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR
theText :HANDLE;
textOriginX, textOriginY, textAng :REAL;
textIsMirrored :BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
theText := FSActLayer;
GetTextOrientation(theText, textOriginX, textOriginY, textAng, textIsMirrored);
Locus(textOriginX, textOriginY);
END;
RUN(Example);

==== Python ====

def Example():
	theText = vs.FSActLayer()
	textOriginPt, textAng, textIsMirrored = vs.GetTextOrientation ( theText )
	vs.Locus(textOriginPt[0], textOriginPt[1])

Example()

Version

Availability: from VectorWorks8.0

Category

  • Objects - Text