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TextBoxes.AddByRectangle Method

Parent Object: TextBoxes

Description

Method that creates a text box whose size is defined by the \input points that define opposing diagonals of the text box.

Syntax

TextBoxes.AddByRectangle( CornerOne As Point2d, CornerTwo As Point2d, FormattedText As String, [TextStyle] As Variant ) As TextBox

Parameters

Name Type Description
CornerOne Point2d Input Point2d that specifies the first corner of the rectangle.

CornerTwo Point2d Input Point2d that specifies the diagonal corner of the rectangle.

FormattedText String Input String that specifies the text of the text box. This string can contain tags that define internal formatting changes, which override the text style of the text box. See the list of XML text formatting tags under Reference Topics in the Overviews section.

TextStyle Variant Optional input Variant that specifies which text style to use for the text box. The text style can be specified by providing the name of an existing style or by supplying a TextStyle object.

This is an optional argument whose default value is null.

Samples

Name Description
Title Block Definition Create and Insert This sample illustrates creating a new title block definition object and inserting it into the active sheet. This sample consists of two subs. The first demonstrates the creation of a title block definition and the second inserts it into the active sheet.

Version

Introduced in version 5.3

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