Macro Command Reference


ptext <text> <AUTOTEXTPOS> [angle] [offset] [COLOR]

Adds an auto positioning text label to the document. This command uses the default color and the default font. The generated text label has the tag 998.
[AUTOTEXTPOS]: The position for automatically positioned text label.
[angle]: The text angle (can be 0, 90, 180 or 270).
[offset]: Offset for automatically positioned text label.
[COLOR]: The text color as hexadecimal string.

AUTOTEXTPOS

A parameter wich defines the alignment of different objects, possible values:

 outsidetopleft
otl
10		outsidetopcenter
otc
11		outsidetopright
otr
12		 
outsidelefttop
olt
21		topleft
tl
1		topcenter
tc
2		topright
tr
3		outsiderighttop
ort
13
outsideleftcenter
olc
20		centerleft
cl
4		center
c
5		centerright
cr
6		outsiderightcenter
orc
14
outsideleftbottom
olb
19		bottomleft
bl
7		bottomcenter
bc
8		bottomright
br
9		outsiderightbottom
orb
15
 outsidebottomleft
obl
18		outsidebottomcenter
obc
17		outsidebottomright
obr
16		 

COLOR

This can be a hexadecimal color definition in the format RGB, ARGB, RRGGBB or AARRGGBB where R is red, G is green, B is blue and A is alpha.

There are also named colors which can be used: black, white, red, green, blue, orange, yellow, magenta, cyan, aluminum, aqua, asparagus, banana, blueberry, bubblegum, cantaloupe, carnation, cayenne, clover, eggplant, fern, flora, grape, honeydew, ice, iron, lavender, lead, lemon, licorice, lime, magnesium, maraschino, maroon, mercury, midnight, mocha, moss, nickel, ocean, orchid, plum, salmon, seafoam, silver, sky, snow, spindrift, spring, steel, strawberry, tangerine, teal, tin, tungsten, turquoise

The Plot default colors can be addressed with the numbers 0-15