Rotate a label

[James]

Hey all,

I was wandering if it is possible to rotate a label with text on a 90degree angle? I did a search but found nothing. Any ideas?

Thanks,

James

[James]

Anyone going to say boo too a goose? BUMP

[martin]

Anyone going to say boo too a goose? BUMP

Geese are scary things!

I have no idea how to do it in AutoIt. In case it is any help, this is how I do it in Delphi using a method I found somewhere.

procedure AngleTextOut(CV: TCanvas; const sText: String; x,y, angle,size:integer);
var
   LogFont: TLogFont;
   SaveFont: TFont;
begin
  SetGraphicsMode(CV.Handle, GM_ADVANCED);//for NT
  CV.Font.Size:=size;
//  CV.Font.Color:=Col;
  SaveFont := TFont.Create;
  SaveFont.Assign(CV.Font);
  GetObject(SaveFont.Handle, sizeof(TLogFont), @LogFont);
  with LogFont do
  begin
    lfEscapement  := angle *10;
    lfOrientation := angle *10;
    lfPitchAndFamily := FIXED_PITCH or FF_DONTCARE;
  end;
  CV.Font.Handle := CreateFontIndirect(LogFont);
  SetBkMode(CV.Handle, TRANSPARENT);
  CV.TextOut(x, y, sText);
  CV.Font.Assign(SaveFont);
  SaveFont.Free;
end;

In GDIPlus there are the functions which could deal with this.

If you're desperate You could make a label as normal, copy it to a BitMap, rotate it and draw the new BitMap.

A third idea is to rotate your monitor through 90 degrees but I find the cables get all tangled up.

[James]

Yes, I agree Geese are very scarey especially when they start to hiss.

I thought about GDIPlus but never went any further