In article <Xns99A6A7ECF2574dalearendssbcglobal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Dale Arends <dalearendssafe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I am putting together a small (I hope!) application to print book
covers.
> I want the title and other information to print rotated on the spine but
> can't seem to figure out how to rotate a control.
You can't rotate a control. But you can rotate a StringShape (in code).
Something like this (off the top of my head, chase down any errors the
compiler points out):
Dim ss As New StringShape
ss.Text = "Hello World!"
ss.Rotation = 3.14157 / 2 // i.e. 90 degrees
g.DrawString ss, 100, 100
Put the above in the Paint event of a canvas (that's about 200 pixels on
a side) and you should see what's going on. Then modify it to suit your
needs.
However, since you're ultimately going to print this, you may run into
some additional problems. Printing on the Mac still goes through
QuickDraw, IIRC, and QuickDraw doesn't have any facility for
representing rotated text. So the text will be pixelated when it comes
out at whatever the resolution of the printer context is -- 72 dpi by
default. You'll need to work around this by setting the printer context
to a much higher resolution, and drawing your text much larger.
But take it one step at a time, and post again when you get stuck!
Best,
- Joe
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