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This section describes each mark available in ImageGear ART component, and its associated attributes.

Some ART marks, such as Attach-a-Note, Text Stamp, Typed Text, may require Wang compatibility mode enabled to be saved properly. On the contrary Highlighter mark should be saved without Wang compatibility mode on.

Wang/Kodak viewer included with Windows would only understand Wang-compatible annotations.

These constants define a range of user marks reserved for customer use. ImageGear will never use this range of the mark IDs for its purposes.
#define ART_MARK_USER_FIRST 1000
#define ART_MARK_USER_LAST 1999
This section provides information about the following legacy annotation marks:

Arrow

The Arrow mark enables the end user to create an arrow over an image or document. It allows users to pointing to areas of a document that may be of interest to its reader.

Edit Mode: Users of the completed application can create this mark by clicking the Arrow button with the left mouse button, dragging the image, and then releasing. The head of the arrow is drawn at the point where the left mouse button is first pushed, and the tail (end) of the arrow is set at the location where the left mouse button is released. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup edit menu.

Description A line with a defined starting and ending point. An arrow head appears at the starting point.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnoDat ART_ARROW. This structure includes the following members:
  • lArrowType - Type of arrow head; valid values are 0 (ART_ARROW_POINTER), 1(ART_ARROW_SOLID), 2 (ART_ARROW_OPEN) and 3 (ART_ARROW_POINTER_SOLID)
  • lArrowAngle - The angle from the line to the outside edge of the arrow head. 15 is the default
  • lArrowLength - Length in image units of the arrow head. 25 is the default
  • lArrowEnd - Which end of the line the arrow head is to appear. Set to 0 for first point, set to 1 for second point
  • lReserved - Set to 0
  • apPoints - End points of the arrow

Attach-a-Note

The Attach-a-Note mark enables your end users to add notes to their annotated image or document.

Edit Mode: In edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Attach-A-Note button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the area to be annotated.

Pressing the right mouse button activates the popup menu that enables users to change the font or the background colors of the note.

The Choose Font option displays a dialog box that allows users to change text properties. If the application is in Edit mode, and an end user wants to modify the text, they simply double-click the left mouse button when the cursor is over the note. The cursor appears at the beginning of the text to allow editing.

The Set Background Color option enables end users to change the color of the note. When this option is selected, a dialog box appears with a range of options.

Description A colored rectangle that contains text.
Attributes rgbColor1, rgbColor2, lfFont
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

Audio

The Audio mark enables end users to hear sounds when annotating an image or document. It is useful for drawing attention to a particular area of a text or image file. This mark plays a waveform audio file (.WAV).

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking on the Sound button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting mark (a loud-speaker-shaped bitmap) to its destination. To display the dialog box, the user double-clicks the left mouse button on the loud-speaker. This allows the user to specify the name of the .WAV file that plays during Run mode.

When the application is in the Run mode, the cursor changes to a pointing hand when it passes over the loud-speaker bitmap. As the mark is activated (makes a sound), lines representing sound waves appear and disappear from the end of the loud-speaker.

Description A sound file (.wav) included by reference. If the file is not found when it is activated, an error returns.
Attributes None
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiFilNam* ART_NAME_STRUCT
OiAnoDat* .WAV file

*Use either OiFilNam or OiAnoDat, not both.

Button

The Button mark places a programmable button on an image. For example, a button can be programmed to zoom into part of an image. Actions are programmed by adding code to the LPFNIG_ART_MOUSENOTIFY_FUNC callback function.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking on the Button button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting mark to its destination. The button can be resized by dragging the resize handles. You can set your application to respond to a right-mouse click by displaying the properties box and selecting the appropriate property. Your user can set several attributes for a button including font, foreground color, background color and text.

When the application is in Run mode, the cursor changes to a pointing hand when it passes over the Button bitmap.

Description A rectangular or oval button assigned to perform certain actions.
Attributes rgbColor1, rgbColor2, lfFont
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

Encryption

The Encryption mark enables your users to scramble all or part of the image.

Edit mode: End users create this mark by clicking the Encryption button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the area to be scrambled. Pressing the right mouse button activates the popup menu that enables users to enter a password to unscramble the encrypted image section.

Encrypted marks cannot overlap.

Description A scrambled rectangle in the image. The operation is reversible if the correct cypher is applied.
Attributes None
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnoDat ART_ENCRYPTION. This structure includes the following members:
  • lMethod - Encryption method, set to 0
  • lReserved - Set to 0
  • szPassword - Encryption password, NULL terminated

Filled Ellipse

The Filled Ellipse mark enables end users to cover areas of an image or document with a rectangle.

Edit Mode: In edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Filled Ellipse button with the left mouse button, dragging the image, and then releasing the left mouse button. Right-clicking the mark after it has been created activates the popup edit menu.

Description A filled ellipse whose boundaries are defined by a rectangle. Two points define the rectangle; an upper left point and a bottom right point.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
OiGroup String
OiIndex String

Filled Polygon

The Filled Polygon mark enables the end user to cover areas of an image or document with a polygon.

Edit Mode: To create a Filled Polygon mark, end users:

  1. Click the left mouse button at the point where the polygon starts.
  2. Drag the mouse to the location of a vertex and click the left mouse button.
  3. Repeat step 2 to add the desired number of vertices to the polygon, clicking the left mouse button for each vertice.
  4. Double-click the left mouse button to complete the polygon.
  5. Press the right mouse button after the mark is created to activate the popup Edit menu.

    Description A series of lines where the starting point of line 1 is the same as the ending point of line n. The resulting polygon is filled with a solid color.
    Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
    OiGroup String
    OiIndex String
    OiAnoDat ART_POINTS. This structure includes the following members:
    • lMaxPoints - The maximum number of points; must be equal to the value of nPoints.
    • lPoints - The current number of points
    • ptPoint - Points marking the beginning and ending of the line segment(s); in image (not scaled) coordinates relative to the upper left corner of rcBounds in ART_MARK_ATTRIBUTES.

Filled Rectangle

The Filled Rectangle mark enables end users to cover areas of an image or document with a rectangle.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Filled Rectangle button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the items to be covered. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup edit menu.

Description A rectangle with a filled center.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting
OiGroup String
OiIndex String

Form

The Form mark enables the developer to insert a bitmap image in a document or image. The inserted image must be the same size as the image or document it covers and must be one bit per pixel.

The Form mark is not on the toolbar. To use this mark the developer must call the ART_mark_create() function. This mark cannot be accessed by the end user.

Description A black and white image included by an indirect reference. Only one Form mark is allowed per image. It is placed on top of the base image before all other marks. If the image is not found at display time, an error is returned.
Attributes bTransparent (must be set)
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiFilNam ART_NAME_STRUCT
OiAnoDat ART_NEW_ROTATE. This structure includes the following members:
  • lRotation - 1 = Original, 2 = Rotate right (90 degrees clockwise), 3 = Flip (180 degrees clockwise), 4 = Rotate left (270 degrees clockwise), 5 = Vertical mirror (reflected around a vertical line), 6 = Vertical mirror + Rotate right, 7 = Vertical mirror + Flip, 8 = Vertical mirror + Rotate left
  • lScale - Set to 1000
  • lHRes - Set to value of nOrigHRes
  • lVRes - Set to value of nOrigVRes
  • lOrigHRes - Horizontal resolution of image mark in DPI
  • lOrigVRes - Vertical resolution of image mark in DPI
  • lReserved - Set to 0

Freehand Line

The Freehand Line mark enables the end user to use freehand drawing for annotation. With this mark, end users create drawings as though they are using a pen and paper.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Freehand Line button with the left mouse button, dragging the image, and then releasing the left mouse button. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup edit menu.

Description A series of lines where the starting point of line n+1 is the same as the ending point of line n.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnoDat ART_POINTS. This structure includes the following members:
  • lMaxPoints - The maximum number of points; must be equal to the value of nPoints.
  • lPoints - The current number of points
  • ptPoint - Points marking the beginning and ending of the line segment(s); in image (not scaled) coordinates relative to the upper left corner of rcBounds in ART_MARK_ATTRIBUTES.

Highlighter

The Highlighter mark enables end users to highlight areas of their annotated image or document.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end user:

  1. Create this mark by clicking the Highlighter button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the items they wish to cover.
  2. The resulting rectangle highlights whatever is underneath it.
  3. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created user activates the popup Edit menu.

    Description A colored rectangle that highlights part of the image.
    Attributes rgbColor1
    OiGroup String
    OiIndex String

Hollow Ellipse

The Hollow Ellipse mark enables the end user to create a hollow ellipse to surround important areas.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Hollow Ellipse button with the left mouse button, dragging the mark to the appropriate size, and then releasing the left mouse button. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup edit menu.

Description A hollow ellipse whose boundaries are defined by a rectangle. Two points define the rectangle, an upper left point and a bottom right point.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
OiGroup String
OiIndex String

Hollow Polygon

The Hollow Polygon mark enables the end user to surround areas of an image or document with a polygon.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, to create a hollow polygon, end users:

  1. Click the left mouse button at the point where the polygon starts.
  2. Drag and click the left mouse button to create each vertex.
  3. Double-click the left mouse button to complete the polygon.
  4. Press the right mouse button after the mark is created to activate the popup edit menu.

    Description A series of lines where the starting point of line 1 is the same as the ending point of line n.
    Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
    OiGroup String
    OiIndex String
    OiAnoDat ART_POINTS. This structure includes the following members:
    • lMaxPoints - The maximum number of points; must be equal to the value of nPoints.
    • lPoints - The current number of points
    • ptPoint - Points marking the beginning and ending of the line segment(s); in image (not scaled) coordinates relative to the upper left corner of rcBounds in ART_MARK_ATTRIBUTES.

Hollow Rectangle

The Hollow Rectangle mark enables users to surround areas of an image or document with a rectangle.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Hollow Rectangle button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the items to be surrounded. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup edit menu.

Description A rectangle with a center that is not filled.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
OiGroup String
OiIndex String

Hot Spot

The Hot Spot mark enables the end user to define an invisible hyperlink region in a document or image that can be used to hold hidden messages.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Hot Spot button with the left mouse button, dragging the image to the appropriate size, and then releasing the left mouse button. When the left mouse button is released, the resulting rectangle becomes the hot spot region. It remains visible while the application is in edit mode. Pressing the right mouse button over the mark created activates the popup edit menu.

Run Mode: When a user passes the cursor over this region, the cursor changes, indicating that there is something special about the contents within the invisible region. If the user clicks the left mouse button while the cursor is in the region, your application sends a message detailing the information about the contents of the region.

The Hot Spot region is visible only when the application is in Edit mode.

Description An invisible rectangle over part of an image. When the cursor passes over the area, it changes, indicating that the area has a special meaning.
Attributes rgbColor1
OiGroup String
OiIndex String

Image Embedded

The Image Embedded mark enables the end user to embed a bitmap image in a document or image.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users embed an image by clicking the Image Embedded button with the left mouse button, dragging the image, and then releasing the left mouse button. When the left mouse button is released, the image becomes embedded. Once the bitmap is in place on the annotation window, it can be resized using the left mouse button. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup edit menu.

Image Embedded marks are intended for use with bitmaps that use no more than the standard 20 Windows colors. Therefore, 1-bit and 4-bit bitmaps are allowed. If you try to display an 8-bit bitmap in the mark, it is displayed using only the standard 20 colors.

Description An embedded image.
Attributes bTransparent
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiDib AT_BITMAPINFO
OiAnoDat ART_NEW_ROTATE. This structure includes the following members:
  • lRotation - 1 = Original, 2 = Rotate right (90 degrees clockwise), 3 = Flip (180 degrees clockwise), 4 = Rotate left (270 degrees clockwise), 5 = Vertical mirror (reflected around a vertical line), 6 = Vertical mirror + Rotate right, 7 = Vertical mirror + Flip, 8 = Vertical mirror + Rotate left
  • lScale - Set to 1000
  • lHRes - Set to value of nOrigHRes
  • lVRes - Set to value of nOrigVRes
  • lOrigHRes - Horizontal resolution of image mark in DPI
  • lOrigVRes - Vertical resolution of image mark in DPI
  • lReserved - Set to 0

Image Reference

The Image Reference mark enables the end user to include an image by reference in a document or image.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users reference an image by clicking the Image Reference button with the left mouse button, dragging the image, and then releasing the left mouse button. When the left mouse button is released, an image is displayed. To insert an image, click the right mouse button over the mark to activate the popup Edit menu and choose Properties. Choose the image you wish to reference.

Description An image included by reference. If the image is not found at display time, an error is returned.
Attributes bTransparent
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiFilNam ART_NAME_STRUCT
OiAnoDat ART_NEW_ROTATE. This structure includes the following members:
  • lRotation - 1 = Original, 2 = Rotate right (90 degrees clockwise), 3 = Flip (180 degrees clockwise), 4 = Rotate left (270 degrees clockwise), 5 = Vertical mirror (reflected around a vertical line), 6 = Vertical mirror + Rotate right, 7 = Vertical mirror + Flip, 8 = Vertical mirror + Rotate left
  • lScale - Set to 1000
  • lHRes - Set to value of nOrigHRes
  • lVRes - Set to value of nOrigVRes
  • lOrigHRes - Horizontal resolution of image mark in DPI
  • lOrigVRes - Vertical resolution of image mark in DPI
  • lReserved - Set to 0

Pin Up Text

The Pin Up Text mark enables the user to create a mark that appears to be tacked onto the image with a push pin.

Edit Mode: This mark can have an optional label. The label indicates which data can be obtained by clicking on the pin in Run mode. You can add code to the LPFNIG_ART_MOUSENOTIFY_FUNC callback function to display additional data when the push pin is pressed.

Description A push pin that has an optional description label indicating what data can be retrieved when the mark is activated.
Attributes rgbColor1, rgbColor2, lfFont
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnoDat ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

Polyline

The Polyline mark enables the end user to create several connected straight lines by dragging and clicking the mouse.

Edit Mode: To create a polyline mark in an application, end users:

  1. Click the left mouse button at the point where the polyline starts.
  2. Drag the left mouse button to the location of a vertex.
  3. Drag and click the left mouse button to create each vertex you want to add.
  4. Move the cursor to the location where the polyline ends.
  5. Double-click the left mouse button.
  6. The polyline is complete.

Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup Edit menu.

Description A series of lines such that the starting point of line n+1 is the same as the ending point of line n.
Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnoDat ART_POINTS. This structure includes the following members:
  • lMaxPoints - The maximum number of points; must be equal to the value of nPoints.
  • lPoints - The current number of points
  • ptPoint - Points marking the beginning and ending of the line segment(s); in image (not scaled) coordinates relative to the upper left corner of rcBounds in ART_MARK_ATTRIBUTES.

Protractor

The Protractor mark enables the end user to create an angle that displays the arc and the angle measurement.

Edit Mode: To create a measured angle, end uses:

  1. Click the protractor button.
  2. Drag the mouse to create the first line of the angle.
  3. Click the left mouse button to end the first line. This click creates the vertex and begins the second line.
  4. Click the left mouse button where you want your second line to end. The measured angle is complete.
  5. Press the right mouse button after the mark is created to activate the popup Edit menu.

    Description Two lines that define an arc. The angle of the arc is displayed at the vertex of the lines.
    Attributes rgbColor1, dwLineSize, bHighlighting
    OiGroup String
    OiIndex String
    OiAnoDat ART_PROTRACTOR. This structure includes the following members:
    • lAspectNumeratorX - Aspect ratio numerator X
    • lAspectDenominatorX - Aspect ratio denominator X
    • lAspectNumeratorY - Aspect ratio numerator Y
    • lAspectDenominatorY - Aspect ratio denominator Y
    • lArcRadius - Radius of the arc
    • lPrecision - Number of places after decimal point
    • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
    • lReserved - Set to 0
    • ptPoint - Points of the arc

Redaction

The Redaction mark enables end users to hide or black out areas of their annotated image or document.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the Redaction button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the items they wish to cover. The resulting rectangle covers whatever is underneath it. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup Edit menu.

Description A colored rectangle that permanently blocks out part of the image.
Attributes rgbColor1
OiGroup String
OiIndex String

RTF

The RTF Edit mark enables end users to edit, load, and display RTF text.

Edit mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking the RTF edit button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the area to be annotated. The RTF Edit window allows users to load RTF files and edit the RTF text using the menu and toolbar buttons.

Description An object that allows editing and displaying RTF text
Attributes None
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

Ruler

The Ruler mark enables the end user to create a line that displays its measurement.

Edit Mode: To create a measured line, end users:

  1. Click on the Ruler button.
  2. Click the left mouse button at the beginning of the line and drag it to the end.
  3. Release the left mouse button to complete the line.
  4. Press the right mouse button after the mark is created to activate the popup Edit menu.

    Description A line used to measure the distance with a predefined list of measurement units. The distance between points is displayed at the second point.
    Attributes rgbColor1, dwLineSize, bHighlighting
    OiGroup String
    OiIndex String
    OiAnoDat ART_POINTS. This structure includes the following members:
    • lMaxPoints - The maximum number of points; must be equal to the value of nPoints.
    • lPoints - The current number of points
    • ptPoint - Points marking the beginning and ending of the line segment(s); in image (not scaled) coordinates relative to the upper left corner of rcBounds in ART_MARK_ATTRIBUTES.
    OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
    • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
    • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
    • lReserved - Not in use
    • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
    • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

Straight Line

The Straight Line mark enables the end user to create straight lines on a document or image.

Edit Mode: To create this mark, end users:

  1. Click on the StraightLine button with the left mouse button.
  2. Click the left mouse button at the point where the line should begin.
  3. While holding the left mouse button down, drag the line to the point at which the line should end.
  4. Release the left mouse button to complete the line.
  5. Press the right mouse button after the mark is created to activate the popup Edit menu.

    Description A line with a defined starting and ending point.
    Attributes rgbColor1, bHighlighting, dwLineSize
    OiGroup String
    OiIndex String
    OiAnoDat ART_POINTS. This structure includes the following members:
    • lMaxPoints - The maximum number of points; must be equal to the value of nPoints.
    • lPoints - The current number of points
    • ptPoint - Points marking the beginning and ending of the line segment(s); in image (not scaled) coordinates relative to the upper left corner of rcBounds in ART_MARK_ATTRIBUTES.

Text from File

The Text from File mark enables the end user to add descriptive text to an annotated image or document. The text can be created in various fonts, sizes, colors, and even angles of presentation. The text appears to lay over the original image or document.

If you wish to rotate the mark, you must use a Windows True Type font (due to a Windows limitation).

Edit mode: End users create this mark by clicking the Text From File button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the area to be annotated. This rectangle helps to position the Text annotations. Text annotations are modified when the application is in the Edit mode. To modify the text, the end user double-clicks the left mouse button when the cursor is over the text mark. The cursor appears at the beginning of the text, and transforms to allow editing.

While creating this mark and entering text, end users use the right mouse button to access a popup menu that enables them to change several attributes of the mark:

If Transparent is selected, the interior of the text mark is not visible; only the text is visible.

If Opaque is selected, users cannot see through the interior of the text mark.

If Tinted is selected, the text mark resembles a tinted glass. End users are ble to see through the mark.

If your end users create a text mark without any text, and with a Transparent background, the resulting mark will exist but will not be visible.

Description Text supplied from a file.
Attributes rgbColor1, lfFont
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types
OiFilNam char[]

Text Stamp

The Text Stamp mark allows the end user to annotate documents and images with text.

Edit Mode: In Edit mode, end users create this mark by clicking on the Text Stamp button with the left mouse button. Pressing the right mouse button after the mark is created activates the popup Edit menu, which allows you to enter the text of the stamp.

Description Text that contains a pre-defined string. The string may include, for example, the date and/or time that the mark was applied.
Attributes rgbColor1, lfFont
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

There are several codes that can be embedded into the string stored into the szAnotText field of the ART_TEXTPRIVDATA structure of the ART_BLOCK_ANTEXT named block. For 32-bit products:

%a: Abbreviated weekday name
%: A Full weekday name
%b: Abbreviated month name
%B: Full month name
%c: Date and time representation appropriate for locale
%d: Day of the month in decimal number (01 - 31) format
%H: Hour in 24-hour format (00 - 23)
%I: Hour in 12-hour format (01 - 12)
%j: Day of the year as decimal number (001 - 366) format
%m: Month in decimal number (01 - 12) format
%M: Minute in decimal number (00 - 59) format
%p: Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
%S: Second in decimal number (00 - 59) format
%U: Week of the year in decimal number format, with Sunday as first day of week (00 - 51)
%w: Weekday in decimal number (0 - 6; Sunday is 0) format
%W Week of the year in decimal number format, with Monday as first day of week (00 - 51)
%x Date representation for the current locale
%X Time representation for the current locale
%y Year without the century, in decimal number (00 - 99) format
%Y Year with the century, in decimal number format
%z,%Z Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if the time zone is unknown
%% Percent sign

Typed Text

The Typed Text mark enables the end user to add descriptive text to their annotated image or document. The text can be created in various fonts, sizes, colors. The text appears over the original image or document.

If you wish to rotate the mark, you must use a Windows True Type font (this is a Windows limitation).

Edit mode: End users create this mark by clicking the Typed Text button with the left mouse button and then dragging the resulting rectangle over the area to be annotated. This rectangle helps to position of the Text annotations. Text annotations are easily modified when the application is in the Edit mode. To modify it, the end user double-clicks the left mouse button when the cursor is over the text mark. The cursor appears at the beginning of the text allows editing.

If end users create a text mark without any text, with a Transparent background, the resulting mark will exist but will not be visible.

Description A series of characters entered from the keyboard.
Attributes rgbColor1, lfFont
OiGroup String
OiIndex String
OiAnText ART_TEXTPRIVDATA. This structure includes the following members:
  • lOrientation - Angle of text baseline to image in tenths of a degree; valid values are 0, 900, 1800, 2700.
  • lAlign - See ART_TEXT_xxx bitflags
  • lReserved - Not in use
  • lAnoTextLength - 64K byte limit (32K for multi-byte data) for Attach-a-Note, typed text, text from file; 255 byte limit for text stamp
  • szAnoText - Text string for text mark types

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