AddElliEx Method
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Description
Creates an ellipse on the page with specified coordinates, size, and angle of rotation.
The weight is set from the personal preferences (Default ellipse).
Syntax
Page.AddElliEx (dim1, dim2, dim3, dim4, int5) |
dim1
X position, in mpt. 0 is left edge of the page. Add Page.GetLeftM to a value, to start from the left margin.
dim2
Y position, in mpt. 0 is top edge of the page. Add Page.GetTopM to a value, to start from the top margin.
dim3
width, in mpt.
dim4
height, in mpt.
int5
rotation angle, counter-clock wise, in tenths of degree
Examples
Page.AddElliEx (Page.GetLeftM, Page.GetTopM, Page.GetColW, Page.GetModH, 0)
Inserts a 1-column wide and 1 module high ellipse in the top left corner of the page.
x = Page.GetLeftM + Units.ToVal("1ncol")+Page.GetInterCol
Page.AddElliEx (x, Page.GetTopM, Page.GetColW, Page.GetModH, 0)
Inserts a 1-column wide and 1 module high ellipse, starting from the 2nd column in the top of the page.
Examples of parameters
Rotation angle
0 |
non-rotated element |
450 |
rotated for 45° around top left corner, counter-clockwise |
-335 |
rotated for 33.5° around top-left corner, clockwise |
Remarks
The method returns error code. 0 means it was successful, 1201 means the page was not available, 1202 means the page was read-only.
Context
Page designer
Rules/boxes creation related commands
AddBoxEx, AddElliEx, AddHRuleEx, AddVRuleEx, ObjSetBorderWeight, ObjSetBorderColor