Rotate DbText?

rbuser

Hi Guys

Is it possible to rotate DbText in RB? we are using D7 with ver 10.

Thanks

Glenn

nicocizik

Hi Glenn,

You can set the Angle property of the DBText component to control the
rotation.

rbuser

Great stuff...we missed that!

Now, what I am trying to do is to position my rotated white text on a red
right-angled triangle horizontal to the angled side which I can do if I add
a red triangle bitmap to an image placeholder (I can't seem to be able to
draw a triangle using the RB tools).

However... I would like to have the triangle and text on the top of another
image, which I can also do.... but the other half of the square placeholder
for the red triangle is of course empty and displays white over the main
image which I do not want...If I make the placeholder transparent, I am
almost there but the red triangle is also transparent of course which I do
not want.!

Is there a way around this?

If there was a way to simply draw a red triangle in ReportBuilder like you
can a square, circle or oblong I would be away....but I can't see how to
even though the graphic on the RB toolbar shows a triangle.

Thanks for any pointers

Glenn

nicocizik

Hi Glenn,

Triangles can be drawn in RB using angled lines or manually using the
TppPaintBox component.

For more information about the PaintBox component, take a look at the
following article/example.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/RCL/Fundamentals/How_To...Use_the_PaintBox_Component