Flip Method

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public virtual void Flip( 
   bool horizontal
)

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Sub Flip( _
   ByVal horizontal As Boolean _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As AnnAutomation
Dim horizontal As Boolean
 
instance.Flip(horizontal)

public:
virtual void Flip( 
   bool horizontal
)

Parameters

horizontal: true to flip the object horizontally (reverse); false to flip the object vertically.

AnnAutomation can flip one or more AnnObject if they are currently in edit mode (selected) and these objects are not locked.

If objects are grouped together the group is flipped as a unit.

Call the CanFlip property to determine whether you can call this method.

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Annotations
Imports Leadtools.WinForms
Imports Leadtools.Drawing

Public Sub AnnAutomation_Flip(ByVal automation As AnnAutomation)
   ' make sure no objects are selected
   automation.SelectNone()
   ' see if we can flip? (should say no)
   If (Not automation.CanFlip) Then
      MessageBox.Show("Cannot flip objects because no objects are selected")
   End If

   ' add a text object and select it
   Dim text As AnnTextObject = New AnnTextObject()
   text.Font = New AnnFont("Arial", New AnnLength(20, AnnUnit.Point), FontStyle.Bold)
   text.TextColor = Color.Red
   text.Text = "Flip Me!"
   text.Bounds = New AnnRectangle(100, 100, 200, 200, AnnUnit.Pixel)
   automation.Container.Objects.Add(text)
   automation.StartEditing(text, False)

   ' flip this object vertically
   MessageBox.Show("Now we are going to flip this text vertically")
   If automation.CanFlip Then
      automation.Flip(False)
   End If

   ' flip this object horizontally (reverse)
   MessageBox.Show("Now we are going to flip this text horizontally (reverse it)")
   If automation.CanFlip Then
      automation.Flip(True)
   End If
End Sub

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Annotations;
using Leadtools.WinForms;
using Leadtools.Drawing;

public void AnnAutomation_Flip(AnnAutomation automation)
{
   // make sure no objects are selected
   automation.SelectNone();
   // see if we can flip? (should say no)
   if(!automation.CanFlip)
      MessageBox.Show("Cannot flip objects because no objects are selected");

   // add a text object and select it
   AnnTextObject text = new AnnTextObject();
   text.Font = new AnnFont("Arial", new AnnLength(20, AnnUnit.Point), FontStyle.Bold);
   text.TextColor = Color.Red;
   text.Text = "Flip Me!";
   text.Bounds = new AnnRectangle(100, 100, 200, 200, AnnUnit.Pixel);
   automation.Container.Objects.Add(text);
   automation.StartEditing(text, false);

   // flip this object vertically
   MessageBox.Show("Now we are going to flip this text vertically");
   if(automation.CanFlip)
      automation.Flip(false);

   // flip this object horizontally (reverse)
   MessageBox.Show("Now we are going to flip this text horizontally (reverse it)");
   if(automation.CanFlip)
      automation.Flip(true);
}

Target Platforms

Reference

AnnAutomation Class
AnnAutomation Members