TextBlock Object

The TextBlock object provides access to various text block properties of a ConceptDraw shape, such as the dimensions of the text block, background color, tab stop properties and more.

Properties

VAlign Vertical alignment type of the text within the text block.
TopMargin The top margin of the text block.
BottomMargin The bottom margin of the text block.
LeftMargin The left margin of the text block.
RightMargin The right margin of the text block.
TextBkgnd Read-only. Text block background color.
DefTabStop The default tab stop distance from the left edge of the text block.

Methods

AddTabStop Adds a new tab stop to the tab stop collection of the text block.
RemoveTabStop Removes the specified tab stop and returns the number of remaining tab stops.
TabStop Returns a TabStop object corresponding to a tab stop with the specified index in the tab stop collection of the text block.
TabStopsNum Returns the number of tab stops in a text block.

Remarks

A text block is used to describe text properties of a ConceptDraw shape (TextBlock property (Shape object)). An instance of the TextBlock object is also contained in the document (DefTextBlock property) to describe the default text block settings for new shapes, and in a document style (TextBlock property (Style object)) to describe the text block settings applied to shapes when the style is assigned to them.

 

See Also

Document object, Shape object, Style object, TabStop object