Top position notation in report

[Phil (OmnisList)]

Hi Jef,

Something to do with sections within an omnis report, is probably where 
you are having an issue.

I think it was Kelly who mentioned using something like

CalculatepPosition.$posmodeas kPosPaper


within a print method of an object to put whatever anywhere on the whole 
page...

Your construct method is not a print method, so different, but will 
probably still be constrained by the section it is in, giving you a 
different top than expected.

maybe looking up kPosPaper will help, or someone else with more Omnis 
report knowledge my know better.... I use oWrite more often these days.

regards
Phil Potter
Based in Chester in the UK.

On 09/12/2022 14:26, Jef Leys | Desim wrote:
> List,
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> In Omnis 10.2 on Mac OS X  I’m trying to draw rectangles and text fields in a report.
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> I do this in the construct of that report.
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> Do $cinst.$objs.$add(kRect,(0+ExtraVertical),0,rContentLine.LabelHeight,rContentLine.LabelWidth) Returns rObject
> Do rObject.$backcolor.$assign(kWhite)
> Do rObject.$backpattern.$assign(1)
> Do rObject.$linestyle.$assign(8)
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> And
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> Do $cinst.$objs.$add(kText,rContentLine.Line1PositonTop+ExtraVertical,rContentLine.TextPositionLeft,0.457,rContentLine.TextWidth) Returns rObject
> Do rObject.$text.$assign(rContentLine.Line1Text)
> Do rObject.$align.$assign(kCenterJst)
> Do rObject.$font.$assign('Geneva')
> Do rObject.$fontsize.$assign(rContentLine.Lijn1Size)
> Do rObject.$fontstyle.$assign(kItalic)
> Do rObject.$textcolor.$assign(kBlack)
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> The problem is the vertical positioning
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> The position the rectangle or text field is printed doesn’t reflect the ’top’ parameter.
> The other parameters (left, height an width) are correctly displayed.
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> What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way?
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> Jef Leys
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