Newton Developer Technical Information: Newton Programmer's Guide: 2.1 OS Addendum /

Chapter 6 - Drawing and Graphics 2.1 / Drawing and Graphics Reference

Functions and Methods /

MakeTextBox

MakeTextBox(text,left, top, right, bottom)

Creates a text box shape in the specified bounds box.

text

A string used to create the text box shape.

left

The left boundary.

top

The top boundary.

right

The right boundary.

bottom

The bottom boundary.

return value

A text box shape.

DISCUSSION

The text is drawn in the font specified in the style frame. The text is clipped if it spills out of the bounds box.

SEE ALSO

For an example of using this function see "Creating Ink and TextBox Shapes" beginning on page 6-17.