BBjFormElement::setPosition

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, this method sets the position of the form element on the page.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setPosition(Point position)

void

setPosition(double x, double y)

Parameters

Variable

Description

position

Specifies the position of the form element on the page in points.

x

Horizontal position of the upper-left corner of the element.

y

Vertical position of the upper-left corner of the element.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Set print object position (top left hand corner)

rem 'Obtain the instance to the BBjAPI object
myAPI! = BBjAPI()

rem 'Obtain an instance of a default BBjPrinter object
let myBBjPrinter! = myAPI!.getBBjPrinter(0)

rem 'Get BBjForm for the selected printer
let myBBjForm! = myBBjPrinter!.getForm(1)

rem 'Get a new page
let myBBjFormPage! = myBBjForm!.createPage()

rem 'Get a new paragraph
let para! = myBBjFormPage!.newParagraph()

rem 'Set print object position (top left hand corner)
para!.setPosition(new java.awt.Point(72,72))

rem 'Set print object position (top left hand corner) (alternate)
para!.setPosition(72,72)
release

See Also

BBjAPI

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.