UNITS Property

PLBCMP GUI Only

 

The UNITS property specifies the scale used for WINDOW property settings. The property uses the following format:

UNITS={value}

Note the following:

  1. UNITS may be used in CREATE, SETPROP, or GETPROP statements of a WINDOW object.

  2. This property only takes effect when the GRIDALIGN property is set to $ON.

  3. This property affects the following properties: TOP, LEFT, WIDTH, HEIGHT, GRIDSIZEH, GRIDSIZEV, X1, X2, Y1, and Y2. Event results are not affected.

  4. {value} may be one of the following numbers or keywords as defined in PLBEQU.INC:

    5.  

    Value

    Type

    Positions by

    1

    $HIENGLISH

    .001 of an inch

    2

    $HIMETRIC

    .01 of a millimeter

    3

    $LOENGLISH

    .01 of an inch

    4

    $LOMETRIC

    .1 of a millimeter

    5

    $PIXELS

    pixel (default)

    6

    $TWIPS

    .05 of a point [1/1440 of an inch]

 

See Also: Object Properties, Object IO Instructions, Object Definitions

 


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