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DesignObject.Width Property

ClosedDescription

Sets or returns the width of an object. Applies to box, ellipse, picture, rich text, and text objects.

ClosedSyntax

DesignObject.Width = Value

Where Value determines the width of the object in the measurement units of the active document.

ClosedRequirements

Version

BarTender 9.3 or higher

Edition

Automation, Enterprise Automation

ClosedRemarks

The DesignObject.Width property sets or returns the width of a box, ellipse, text, rich text, or picture object. For text objects, the width property only applies to text that is formatted as a paragraph.

ClosedVB.NET Example

'Declare a BarTender application variable

Dim btApp As BarTender.Application

'Declare a BarTender document variable

Dim btFormat As BarTender.Format

'Declare a BarTender design object variable

Dim btObject As BarTender.DesignObject

'Create a new instance of BarTender

btApp = New BarTender.Application

'Set the BarTender application visible

btApp.Visible = True

'Open a BarTender document

btFormat = btApp.Formats.Open("c:\Format1.btw", False, "")

'Set the object variable

btObject = btFormat.Objects.Find("Box 1")

'Set the width of the box object to 0.75 in

btFormat.MeasurementUnits = BarTender.BtUnits.btUnitsInches

btObject.Width = 0.75

'End the BarTender process

btApp.Quit(BarTender.BtSaveOptions.btDoNotSaveChanges)

ClosedC# Example

// Declare a BarTender application variable

BarTender.Application btApp;

// Declare a BarTender document variable

BarTender.Format btFormat;

// Declare a BarTender design object variable

BarTender.DesignObject btObject;

// Create a new instance of BarTender

btApp = new BarTender.Application();

// Set the BarTender application visible

btApp.Visible = true;

// Open a BarTender document

btFormat = btApp.Formats.Open("c:\\Format1.btw", false, "");

// Set the object variable

btObject = btFormat.Objects.Find("Box 1");

// Set the width of the box to 0.75 in

btFormat.MeasurementUnits = BarTender.BtUnits.btUnitsInches;

btObject.Width = 0.75;

// End the BarTender process

btApp.Quit(BarTender.BtSaveOptions.btDoNotSaveChanges);