[Gambas-user] X coordinate in Paint.DrawText works in reverse.

[Tobias Boege]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, Ru Vuott wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have this code:
> 
> *************************************
> 
> Public Sub Button1_Click()
> 
> Dim a As New Image  
> Dim b As Picture  
>   
> ' I load a file image:
>    a = a.Load("/path/of/file/image")
> 
> With Paint
>    .Begin(a)  
>    .Font.Size = 16
>          .DrawText("d", 100, 20, 10, 10)  
>    .End
> End With
>   
>   a.Mirror(True, False)  
>   
>   b = a.Picture  
>   
>   PictureBox1.Picture = b  
>   
> End
> 
> ***************************************
> 
> I do not understand why the X coordinate in "Paint.DrawText( )" metod works in reverse. ...if its value is near to zero, then the letter "b" is shown at the "right" edge of the image !
> Increasing the value of the X coordinate, the letter approaches to the "left" edge of the image !
> 
> Same problem with "Paint.DrawRichText( )" metod !
> 

The a.Mirror() looks suspicious... You mirror the Image "a" horizontally but
you don't assign the return value to anything so this effectively does
nothing. Why did you include that code?

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