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EditTextObj Object Command
EDITTEXTOBJ Object Commands
Sets the coordinates of a selected frameless text object.
edittextobj [POSITION left top right bottom] [ROTATE
angle | SKEW slantangle twistangle | SLANT angle | TWIST angle]
[ABOUT pointx pointy | ABOUTCENTER] [constraint] [printable] [TEXTFX
POSITION/d The coordinates of the text block.
ROTATE/d The rotation angle.
SKEW/d The slant and twist angle.
SLANT/d The slant angle.
TWIST/d The twist angle.
ABOUT/d The rotation point.
ABOUTCENTER Rotates around its center.
constraint/k The aspect ratio constraint toggle.
Options: CONSTRAIN|FREE (default). printable/k The print object toggle.
Options: PRINT (default)|NOPRINT.
TEXTFX Sets a TextFX shape or curve.
type/k Specifies the type of TextFX.
Options: NONE | WARP | BETWEEN | ALONG.
DISTORTX/k When warping in a shape, TRUE specifies horizontal distortion instead of vertical distortion. When warping between paths, TRUE specifies horizontal distortion in addition to vertical distortion.
BENDLINES/k Curves are converted to lines during warping. When set to TRUE, specifies that lines are converted back to curves for higher quality but slower speed.
SCALETOFIT/k Specifes that text should be scaled to fit the curve, rather than being spaced to fit.
toggle/k Toggles a feature.
Options: TRUE | FALSE.
TEXTFXPATH Specifies a closed shape in which text is warped, two open subpaths between which text is warped or the open path on which text is set. placement/k Specifies the placement of text on a curved path.
Options: ABOVEPATH | ONPATH | BELOWPATH.
MOVETO/d Starts the warp shape or curve path.
LINETO/d Adds a TextFX path line to the point.
CURVETO/d Adds a TextFX path bezier curve to the point.
CLOSEPATH Closes the TextFX path.
DOCUMENT/s The document name.
WINDOW/s The window name.
OBJECTID/i The number of the object to edit.
Notes:
All options default to the current values if not specified.
TEXTFX and its related parameters require the TextFX 2 extension, which is sold separately.
Examples:
edittextobj position 1 1 7.5 10 edittextobj position 1 1 5 6 rotate 45 page 'MyDoc~8' edittextobj textfx between textfxpath moveto 0 0.25 ¨ curveto 1 0 5 0 5.5 1 moveto 2 3 ¨ curveto 3 2 5 2 6 2
EditTextObj Command Definition url:PGScmd/edittextobj
created:2006-03-30 14:03:54 last updated:2006-03-30 14:03:54
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| Dan Kilroy wrote... | 2006-05-04 16:59:05 |
Script command submitted from PageStream internal documentation. Needs to be checked and merged with the command documentation above. Gets the {...} . EditTextObj ([POSITION left top right bottom [ADJUST]] [ROTATE rotation | SKEW slant twist | SLANT slant | TWIST twist] [ABOUT x y | ABOUTCENTER] [CONSTRAIN | FREE] [PRINT | NOPRINT] [TEXTFX <NONE | BETWEEN | ALONG | WARP>] [DISTORTX <TRUE | FALSE>] [BENDLINES <TRUE | FALSE>] [SCALETOFIT <TRUE | FALSE>] [TEXTFXPATH [ABOVEPATH] [ONPATH] [BELOWPATH] [MOVETO x1 y1] [LINETO x1 y1] [CURVETO cx1 cy1 cx2 cy2 px2 py2] [CLOSEPATH] [DOCUMENT document | WINDOW document window | OBJECTID objectid])
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