Command | Name |
<b>, </b> | Bold |
<u>, </u> | Underline |
<h = value> | Text Height |
<w = value> | Text Width |
<f = value> | Font |
\n | New Line |
\<, \>, \”, \\ | Literals |
Description
Text enclosed by <b> and </b> appear in bold. Text enclosed by <u> and </u> are underlined.
Text height is magnified by the given numeric value. Use <h = 1> to return to original size. Text width is magnified by the given numeric value. Use <w = 1> to return to original size. Sets the font. value = {0 .. 9}.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line. Use backslashes to print these special characters.
Example: The figure below shows the use of the “\n” command as well as the effect of the angle command in the text being printed with the DrawText command
Draw Rectangle | DrawRectangle (x1, y1, x2, y2,color,width); |
Draws a rectangle object at any coordinate on the canvas.
DrawRectangle command draws either a hollow or a filled rectangle. (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) specify the two diagonally opposing corners. All measurements are in dots.
Parameters:
x1, y1 | Top left corner coordinates (x1, y1) |
x2, y2 | Bottom right corner coordinates (x2, y2) |
color | Specifies the line or fill color: 0 = white, 1 = black |
| The user may draw a white rectangle on a black background only by specifying color |
| parameter = 0. |
width | Specifies the line width of a hollow rectangle. A |
Draw Bar Code | DrawBarcode(x,y,angle,annotate,type,height, "data"); |
Draws a barcode object at any coordinate on the canvas.
Parameters:
X | Indicates location on “x” | axis of the left top corner |
Y | indicates location on “y” | axis of the left top corner |
angle | Values 0, 1, 2, or 3 allow the barcode to be rotated 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees respectively | |
annotate | Setting annotate to 1 allows | |
type | Indicates the barcode type to be printed. The barcodes supported are listed below: |
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