How do you center text on a page?

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   Hello,

I'm developing a VB 6.0 printing program using QuickPDF Library 7.24.

Something is not making sense about DrawText on a page.

If QuickPDF allows you to set the alignment of the text(SetTextAlign) then what does the Xpos do in DrawText?

Does anybody know how to do center alignment of text on a page?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

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Carneno Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Apr 11 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Carneno Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How do you center text on a page? Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 12:37AM
	Hello, I'm developing a VB 6.0 printing program using QuickPDF Library 7.24. Something is not making sense about DrawText on a page. If QuickPDF allows you to set the alignment of the text(SetTextAlign) then what does the Xpos do in DrawText? Does anybody know how to do center alignment of text on a page? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks, Tony
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Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 1:33PM
	Why you don't read the online-reference: "... XPos The horizontal position of where to draw the text. The reference point is usually to the left of the first character, unless the SetTextAlign function has been used to change the alignment. ..." Yyou can set the page dimensions. You can set if you want inch, mm or pixels (psunits). You can set the font dimensions. You should know what you wanna write. Where's the problem? Calculate a bit ... ;-) Another advice: Use/try the html-functions... Cheers, Ingo

Carneno Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Apr 11 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Carneno Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 2:25PM
	Hello Ingo. Thanks again for your continued help with my issues. I'm not sure of what your point is. I have spent numerous hours reading the refernce manual as well as all the forums and other information on QuickPDF.org. Everything i read simply says to use the SetTextAlign with a "1" for the TextAlign option. If I use this code: QuickPDFResult = QuickPDFObject.SetTextAlign(1) ExceptionLineString = "* * * * * * * * * * C of A EXCEPTION REPORT * * * * * * * * * " Call QuickPDFObject.DrawText(0, 36, ExceptionLineString) It prints "PTION REPORT * * * * * * * * *" on the left side of the page. I'm not sure of what I should calculate or what else I should do to center the text. Thanks, Tony
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Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 2:44PM
	First set the measurements. Then: How wide is your document? Then: How long (how many characters) has your text? Then: What's the font height? Height 10 should be round about 8 points wide (depends on the used font). Then: Check if there's a non printable frame. Then: Divide width of document, divide width of your text, ... And try and try and try ... and if you've got your own solution you've learned a lot ;-) BTW: Again... try the html-functions... Cheers, Ingo

Carneno Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Apr 11 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Carneno Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 3:25PM
	OK. I think i see what you are telling me. I used this code to center the line of text: QuickPDFCofAExceptDocumentID = QuickPDFObject.NewDocument QuickPDFCofAExceptDocumentID = QuickPDFObject.SelectedDocument QuickPDFPageHeight = QuickPDFObject.PageHeight QuickPDFPageWidth = QuickPDFObject.PageWidth QuickPDFResult = QuickPDFObject.SetOrigin(1) QuickPDFCourierBoldFontID = QuickPDFObject.AddStandardFont(1) QuickPDFResult = QuickPDFObject.SelectFont(QuickPDFCourierBoldFontID) QuickPDFResult = QuickPDFObject.SetTextSize(12) QuickPDFResult = QuickPDFObject.SetTextAlign(0) ExceptionLineString = "* * * * * * * * * * C of A EXCEPTION REPORT * * * * * * * * * " Call QuickPDFObject.DrawText((QuickPDFPageWidth / 2) - (Len(ExceptionLineString) / 2 7.2), QuickPDFStartYPosition, ExceptionLineString) That centered the text. I will look at the non printable frame information you suggested and the html functions. So, does this mean that the SetTextAlign option "1" does not work? Thanks, Tony
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Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 4:26PM
	Hi! A last time: Read the description about DrawText (specially xpos and regarding TextAlign). Read the description about SetTextAlign. Cheers, Ingo

Carneno Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Apr 11 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Carneno Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 11 at 6:26PM
	OK Ingo. There is obviously something there that I can't see. I'll try to figure it out. Thanks again, Tony
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