I know I have read it in here before but can not find the answer....
I've searched the code sites and just need an answer...uggghhh

Can anyone help me on how to turn text 90 degrees?

Thank you,

Richard Wittmann

You need to check out the current state of this on the MSDN site (I have to
pay by the minute for my 'phone calls, or I would do it myself). Microsoft
initially posted a method to create the appropriate rotated font so that you
could print text at any angle using the VB printer object. This worked
properly, and we were happy. Then, Microsoft brought out Service Pack 3. SP3
"fixed" the rotated font stuff so that it didn't work any more! The VB
Printer Object began to ignore the rotated font - so it was useless.
Microsoft then issued some more code which showed how to properly create a
rotated font - but, unfortunately, this only worked when you used API calls
to print to a Device Driver (or something) - and so ALL of your printing on
that page had to be done using API calls. Again - pretty much useless for us
"Printer Object" people. The last I heard was that Microsoft was "looking at
this". Check them out if you have free 'phone calls (or bags of money). I
would appreciate it if you would let me know the answer.

Mike

ROTATE TEXT
Display text rotated.
Download a free trial version of Mabry's Rotext control from:
http://www.mabry.com

or

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6740/allfiles.htm
ROTATE.ZIP Vertical text sample
RTEXT.ZIP Rotating text example (VB4)

http://www.winsite.com/win3/programr/vbasic/
rotext20.zip Rotated Label Custom Control (VBX)
vbrotfnt.zip allows you to rotate fonts (tt only!) in a vb text box

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm

Sorry to Tag on to your post Henri, the original is gone off of my
server.

On my Web page you'll find several methods for producing Rotated Text.
Originally developed under VBA for Access, the API calls will work
directly in VB5 or VB6.

There's also an ActiveX control, if you don't want to get your hands
dirty. I'll be posting the source to the control this weekend.

HTH
--
Stephen Lebans

http://www.geocities.com/~slebans/

Henri Leboeuf wrote

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