Maybe this seem a bit basic but because I do not program in this environment
much I am not too sure of its commands. how do you get angle of text objects
or maybe I should not care and just copy object to cosmetic reset angle to
zero, measure vertical length.
TA
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacques Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Holroyd Engineering Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:08 PM
Subject: RE: MI-L Text Object
> Yes but it is a little tricky. You can use the various attributes of
> objectgeography() to get the 2 pairs of coordinates of the text MBR. But
if
> the text is on an angle, the MBR will be much larger that the actual
> rectangle into which the text fits. One way to proceed is to transform the
> text object by applying a counter rotation (reset the angle to 0) and then
> measure its MBR.
>
> If you need more info, I may be able to help you some.
>
> Jacques
>
> Jacques PARIS
>
> e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at
> http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm
>
> For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at
> http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm
>
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