EffectTextOnPath.Orientation property - Developer Area

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EffectTextOnPath.Orientation property

Gets or sets the text orientation of type cdrFittedOrientation

Syntax:

Property Get Orientation() As cdrFittedOrientation
Property Let Orientation(ByVal Value As cdrFittedOrientation)

Remarks:

The Orientation property returns or specifies the character orientation as the text follows the control path.

This value returns cdrFittedOrientation.

Examples:

The following VBA example creates a text shape fitted to a path and makes the text remain upright by skewing characters vertically.

Sub Test()
  Dim sText As Shape, sPath As Shape
  Set sText = ActiveLayer.CreateArtisticText(0, 0, "Some Long Text Line")
  Set sPath = ActiveLayer.CreateCurveSegment(0.6, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 3, 80, 3, -100)
  sText.Text.FontProperties.Size = 48
  sText.Text.FitToPath sPath
  sText.Effects(1).TextOnPath.Orientation = cdrVerticalSkewOrientation
End Sub

Version Information:

CorelDRAW:	X7.4, X7, X7.6, X8, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2019.2, 2020, 2021, 2020.1, 2021.5, 2022-v24, 2022-v24.1, 2022-v24.2, 2023-v24.3, 2023-v24.5, 2024-v25
Corel DESIGNER:	X7, 2017.1, 20.1, 2019.2, 2020.1, 2021.5, 2022-v24, 2022-v24.1, 2022-v24.2, 2023-v24.3, 2023-v24.5, 2024-v25