Scott: I'm not sure how to approach this. Should I use a separate, offscreen window to put the field in, and to get the snapshot? Also, is it possible to create the image with the background transparent, so I can put the image where I want and see only the text? Bill
proth...@earthednet.org http://es.earthednet.org On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > You can do all image capturing off-screen, in variables, and using template > objects, so you should have no problem with any unwanted visual artifacts. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > >> On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:17 PM, "proth...@earthednet.org" >> <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: >> >> Scott: >> Of course, the problem will be that I don't want the screen to be jumping >> around while the text is being displayed, then rotated. I assume that the >> text field needs to appear on the screen for the snapshot to work. Hmm, I'll >> have to think about whether this is ok. Or, perhaps I can make some >> pre-defined labels that are generic enough and use them for the axis labels >> (just thinking aloud). That would work. >> Best, >> Bill >> >> proth...@earthednet.org >> http://es.earthednet.org >> >>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:09 PM, proth...@earthednet.org wrote: >>> >>> Scott: >>> Ok, that makes sense. I see that images can be rotated, and I plan on >>> finalizing the graph by capturing its image anyway. That should work fine. >>> Great idea that I should have thought of. >>> Thanks, >>> Bill >>> >>> proth...@earthednet.org >>> http://es.earthednet.org >>> >>>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 6:33 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >>>> >>>> Unless RunRev added something recently to the engine, I believe your only >>>> option is to rotate a screencapture of text. >>>> >>>> The following stack was put together years ago, and likely needs some >>>> updating, but still seems to work. >>>> In your message box: >>>> >>>> go url "http://dl.dropbox.com/s/2t147yvpnnynurn/textspinner.rev"; >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Scott Rossi >>>> Creative Director >>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/25/14 5:44 PM, "proth...@earthednet.org" <proth...@earthednet.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Folks: >>>>> I'm labeling a graph and wonder if it is possible to rotate text. I'd >>>>> like to rotate it by 90 degrees for a y axis label. Currently, I'm using >>>>> a text field with no border to show axis labels. It would be nice to >>>>> rotate text for y axis labels. >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>> proth...@earthednet.org >>>>> http://es.earthednet.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
