positioning of rotated text annotation

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[Software FX]

Hi Kurt, rotate uses the center of the annotation text to pivote. What you 

are trying to do can be easyli acchived using setOrientation, for example:

text2.setText("Some Text");

text2.setTop(100);

text2.setLeft(200);

text2.setOrientation(1);

text2.sizeToFit();

Regards,

GA

"DI Kurt Edegger" <news_tmp1@edegger.com> wrote in message 

news:%23K0aKuwMHHA.3068@webserver3.softwarefx.com...

> Hi,

>

> I wonder how to set the coordinates of a rotated text annotation so that

> the text will end up at the desired coordinates.

> I'm facing the following situation: There's a chart: width: 300px,

> height 300px with an annotated text, which is positioned by using

> setLeft(100) and setTop(200) which leads to the expected output

> (attachment: Text_notRotated_marked.png - red dot indicates coordinates).

>

> When the annotation is rotated anti-clockwise by rotate(false) the text

> ends up to be "somewhere near" the set coordinates. Please find attached

> the resulting PNG file (Text_rotated_marked.png). The position (100/200)

> is marked by a red dot, just to show the difference.

>

> Is there a way to calculate the diversity between the positioned text

> and the set coordinates so that the offset can be programmatically

> corrected?

>

> Thank you for any help in advance,

>

> Kurt

>

[Software FX]

Hi Kurt, rotate uses the center of the annotation text to pivote. What you 

are trying to do can be easyli acchived using setOrientation, for example:

text2.setText("Some Text");

text2.setTop(100);

text2.setLeft(200);

text2.setOrientation(1);

text2.sizeToFit();

Regards,

GA

"DI Kurt Edegger" <news_tmp1@edegger.com> wrote in message 

news:%23K0aKuwMHHA.3068@webserver3.softwarefx.com...

> Hi,

>

> I wonder how to set the coordinates of a rotated text annotation so that

> the text will end up at the desired coordinates.

> I'm facing the following situation: There's a chart: width: 300px,

> height 300px with an annotated text, which is positioned by using

> setLeft(100) and setTop(200) which leads to the expected output

> (attachment: Text_notRotated_marked.png - red dot indicates coordinates).

>

> When the annotation is rotated anti-clockwise by rotate(false) the text

> ends up to be "somewhere near" the set coordinates. Please find attached

> the resulting PNG file (Text_rotated_marked.png). The position (100/200)

> is marked by a red dot, just to show the difference.

>

> Is there a way to calculate the diversity between the positioned text

> and the set coordinates so that the offset can be programmatically

> corrected?

>

> Thank you for any help in advance,

>

> Kurt

>