Add A Border To A Text Object

Legacy Poster

• September 06, 2011 12:12

Is it possible to add a border around a text object without drawing a separate box around the text? I'd like to do this because the text length is not static.

Thanks,
Steve

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  Ian Cummings

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  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • September 06, 2011 12:37
  There is no such "built-in" feature for standard text objects in BarTender. However, you can achieve it through the use of a VB script to dynamically change the size of the separate box object on a per label basis. The below white paper could get you started on this:
  
  http://s3.amazonaws.com/SeagullBarTender/ftp/WhitePapers/WhitePaper_DynamicallyChangingObjectsAtPrint-TimeUsingVBScript.pdf
  
  If I remember correctly, you will need at least v9.30 and Professional edition or higher.
  
  Alternatively you might consider using the RTF Text object feature in v9.40 as this will have the ability to surround the text by a box.

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  Legacy Poster

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • September 08, 2011 14:58
  Ian,
  Thanks for the reply. I have an Enterprise Automation Trial edition, version 9.4 SR3. I tried using an RTF text object, but don't see any properties or methods in the "Modify Selected Rich Text Object" dialog that will "surround the text by a box". Do I need to use markup?

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