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Technical Reference > Graphics Builder Automation Interface > Object Drawing and Property Functions > DrawText

DrawText

Draws an alphanumeric string at the specified location.

Syntax

DrawText(Text, XPosition, YPosition)

Text:

The text to be pasted on to the active graphics page.

XPosition:

Distance in pixels from the left of the page to the point where you would like the text to be placed.

YPosition:

Distance in pixels from the top of the page to the point where you would like the text to be placed.

Return Value

0 (zero) if successful, otherwise an error is returned.

Note: For details on handling return and error values, see Error Handling.

Related Functions

DrawLine, DrawEllipse, DrawPolygonStart, DrawPolygonLine, DrawPolygonEnd, DrawPipeStart, DrawPipeSection, DrawPipeEnd, DrawNumber, DrawButton, DrawTrend, DrawCicodeObject, DrawRectangle, DrawSymbolSet

Example

GraphicsBuilder.DrawText "My Text", 500, 100