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 addTextObject Method
addTextObject Method

Adds a g:text element to the g:background element.

Syntax

g:background.addTextObject(strText, strFont, intFontSize, strColor, intXOffset, intYOffset)

Parameters

strText Required. A string that specifies the text to be added.
strFont Required. A string that specifies the font name in which to render the text.
intFontSize Required. An integer that specifies the absolute value for the point-size in which to render the text. This value is limited to an integer; there are no overload methods that allow the use of alternate HTML-standard values such as absolute sizes (xx-small | x-small | small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large), relative sizes (larger | smaller), percentages, or other length specifications (cm, mm, in, pc, px, em, or ex).
strColor Required. A string that specifies the color of the text.
intXOffset Required. An integer specifying the horizontal position of the text relative to the top-left corner of the background.
intYOffset Required. An integer specifying the vertical position of the image relative to the top-left corner of the background.

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

The default font and size is 12-point Times New Roman if the specified font and size are not available on the system.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to add text to a gadget background.

\\ imgBackground is the value of the 'id' attribute for the g:background element.
var txtShadow = imgBackground.addTextObject("test", "Verdana", 25, "Red", 50, 50);

Applies To

g:background

See Also

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