See Also Examples Applies To
Draws aligned text placed within a bouding box into the native GdPicture image.
Syntax
object.DrawTextBox (sText, nLeft, nTop, nWidth, nHeight, nFontSize, nAlignment, nFontStyle, nTextARGBColor, sFontName, bDrawTextBox, bAntiAlias)
The DrawTextBox syntax has these parts:
| Part | Description |
| object | Required. An object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list. |
| sText | Required. String. Text to draw. |
| nLeft | Required. Long. Specifies the x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the text box. |
| nTop | Required. Long. Specifies the y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the text box. |
| nWidth | Required. Long. Specifies the width in pixel of the text box. |
| nHeight | Required. Long. Specifies the height in pixel of the text box. |
| nFontSize | Required. Long. The font size in units specified by the FontSetUnit() function. |
| nAlignment |
Optional. Long. Default value is 1. The text alignment. Can be: 0: left. 1: center. 2: right. |
| nFontStyle |
Optional. FontStyle long value. Default value is 0 (Style Regular). Specifies the style of the typeface. This value must be an element of the FontStyle enumeration or the result of a bitwise OR applied to two or more of these elements. For example, FontStyleBold OR FontStyleUnderline OR FontStyleStrikeout sets the style as a combination of the three styles. FontStyle enumeration: FontStyleStyleRegular = 0. FontStyleStyleBold = 1. FontStyleStyleItalic = 2. FontStyleStyleBoldItalic = 3. FontStyleStyleUnderline = 4. FontStyleStyleStrikeout = 8. |
| nTextARGBColor | Optional. Long. Default value is Black. ARGB color value of the text. |
| sFontName | Optional. String. Default value is "Arial". The name of the font. |
| bDrawTextBox | Optional. Boolean. Default value is False. Set this parameter to True to draw the textbox that bounds the text. |
| bAntiAlias | Optional. Boolean. Default value is False. Set to True to apply the Antialiasing algorithm else False. |
Returns
Long. GdPictureStatus
Remarks
To draw watermark text use an ARGB value with alpha component < 255.
Category
Draw (Text)